Clinical trials: Stigma
Public Suicide Stigma
Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Reducing Public Suicide Stigma
There is growing evidence that negative attitudes towards persons affected by suicide (i.e. persons who experience suicidality, persons who lost a loved one to suicide), so called public suicide stigma, is harmful for suicide…
- Trial name
- NCT04756219
- Testing
- Contact Video, Contact Text, Education Video
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulm
Cervical Cancer Screening
Addressing Stigma in Screening and Diagnostic Delay for Cervical Cancer
This study aims to 1) implement a culturally and contextually rooted innovative multifoci, social marketing intervention involving societal focused media campaign elements to break down the barriers and facilitate timely and…
- Trial name
- NCT01287871
- Testing
- supportive care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 336 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Mental Disorder, Stigma of Mental Illness
The Effects of Documentary and Psychiatric Interviewing Methods in Psychiatric Nursing Education
Negative attitudes towards mental illnesses are an important problem that negatively affects both the social lives of individuals and the effectiveness of health services.
- Conditions
- Mental Disorder, Stigma of Mental Illness, Nursing Education, Implicit Association Test
- Trial name
- NCT06808893
- Testing
- Psychiatric interview and documentary, Psychiatric interview
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Mental Health Impairment
Impact Study of Workplace Mental Health Education on Early Intervention for Healthcare Workers With Mental Health Issues
The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of a new workplace-based mental health peer education program with standardized mental health literacy training on early intervention and support for healthcare employees with…
- Trial name
- NCT02158871
- Testing
- Beyond Silence, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Depression Literacy, Depression Disorders
Testing the Effectiveness of AI Chatbots to Improve Public Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Depression
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to find out whether using AI Chatbots can help the public better understand depression, reduce negative attitudes towards it, and encourage more people to seek help when…
- Conditions
- Depression Literacy, Depression Disorders, Stigma of Mental Illness
- Trial name
- NCT06858371
- Testing
- AI Depression Literacy and Support Training, AI Depression Literacy Education, Psychoeducation Material Group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Hiv
Adapting the Finding Respect and Ending Stigma Around HIV (FRESH) Intervention for the Dominican Republic
This research has the potential to make important contributions toward HIV and intersectional stigma reduction across the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.
- Trial name
- NCT04491539
- Testing
- Finding Respect and Ending Stigma around HIV (FRESH)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Body Image, Anti Fat Bias
The Evaluation of Two Positive Body Image Micro-interventions for Children Aged 4-6 Years
The goal of this 4-arm randomized controlled trial is to test the effectiveness of two positive body image media micro interventions (a tv show and a music video) in improving body image related constructs.
- Trial name
- NCT06146647
- Testing
- Positive body image TV show, Positive body image music video, Active control TV show about a visit to the dentist
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the West of England
HIV
PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis) Stigma and Women Ethnodrama Pre-Test Phase
The investigators will develop and pre-test an ethnodrama intervention designed to transform community member beliefs about and foster support of young cisgender women (YCW) using PrEP.
- Trial name
- NCT06501885
- Testing
- Ethnodrama Intervention
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
HIV
HIV Prevention and Care Engagement in Nepal
This intervention focuses on increasing HIV testing, HIV medication adherence and reducing intersectional stigma. Our Sweekar intervention will implement 5 months of group-based activities to address the social stigma and HIV…
- Trial name
- NCT07528573
- Testing
- Sweekar intervention
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.
Stigmatization, Medical Education
Outcomes of Anti Stigma Educational Intervention of Ungraduated Medical Students
Background: Stigma causes a significant burden for mental ill patients. Unfortunately, negative attitudes towards mentally ill are not confined to the lay public but are also common among health professionals.
- Trial name
- NCT05596305
- Testing
- educational psychiatry intervention
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suez Canal University
Stigma, Social, Mental Health Disorder
Reducing Stigma and Increasing Treatment Seeking Intentions Among Adolescents
Depression is a leading cause of illness and disability in teenagers. Longer duration of untreated depression (DUD) is associated with greater severity, poorer outcome, and cognitive impairment.
- Conditions
- Stigma, Social, Mental Health Disorder, Adolescent Behavior, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT06222528
- Testing
- Brief video intervention (Black Girl), Brief video intervention (Black Boy), Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Stigma, Social, Child Abuse
Reducing Self-Stigma Among Individuals with History of Childhood Maltreatment: a Cross-Cultural Lens
Individuals who report experiencing any kind of abuse during childhood report shame and self-blame, often leading to self-stigma and a reluctance to reveal their experiences and seek help.
- Conditions
- Stigma, Social, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Help-Seeking Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06159075
- Testing
- Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 964 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
Mental Health Literacy, Stigma (Social Distance)
Pilot Cluster RCT of an Indirect Contact Mental Health Literacy Program for 5th-Grade Students
This cluster-randomized pilot trial will evaluate the preliminary effects and feasibility of adding an indirect contact component to a school-based mental health literacy (MHL) lesson for 5th-grade students in a public elementary…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Literacy, Stigma (Social Distance), Help-seeking Intention
- Trial name
- SMHLP-IC (NCT07324265)
- Testing
- Indirect Contact, Standard MHL Lesson Only
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tokyo University
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
ESTOCMA: Mental Health Application for Enhancing Mental Health Literacy About Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
The aim of the study is to analyze the efficacy of a mobile health application (app) designed to increase mental health literacy, help seeking attitudes and reduce stigma associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Trial name
- ESTOCMA (NCT04777292)
- Testing
- Use of a mobile health application until app completion
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Stigma, Social, Mental Illness
A School-Based Intervention to Reduce Stigma & Promote Mental-Health Service Use
This is a school-based field experiment conducted in sixth grade classrooms to evaluate a multifaceted intervention designed to change attitudes and behaviors regarding mental illnesses.
- Trial name
- NCT03597048
- Testing
- Curriculum, Contact, Materials
- Volunteers
- 751 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Riverside
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
Video Intervention to Reduce Depression-related Stigma Among Adolescents
Depression-related stigma is a major barrier to help-seeking among adolescents with depression. In China, few interventions specifically target stigma reduction in this population.
- Trial name
- NCT07282366
- Testing
- Video-Based Psychoeducation on Personal Stigma, Video-Based Psychoeducation on Social Stigma (Non-Depressed Adolescents), Neutral Health Education Video
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jian-Jun Ou
Noncommunicable Disease, Psoriasis
Impact of Hand Rub Placement on Patient Trust and Disease Stigma
This study aims to investigate how the physical placement of hand sanitizer in consultation rooms affects patient trust and feelings of disease stigma.
- Trial name
- NCT07552792
- Testing
- Distant placement of hand rub, Conventional placement of hand rub
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Huashan Hospital
HIV Prevention, Women's Health
Co-Developing an HIV Prevention Program for Women in Ghana
The WISE Woman Study is a research project in Ghana focused on improving HIV prevention among young women aged 18 to 35. In Ghana, young women are at higher risk of HIV but often lack access to the right information and services.
- Conditions
- HIV Prevention, Women's Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Trial name
- WISEWOMAN (NCT07003789)
- Testing
- Women-Centered HIV Prevention Program
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
HIV Prevention and Care
Lafiya HIV-status Neutral Study - Protocol
The primary objective of this study is to adapt and evaluate the feasibility of "Lafiya," which means "Wellness" in Hausa, a multilevel intersectional stigma \& discrimination (ISD) and HIV testing intervention, to a…
- Trial name
- NCT06312514
- Testing
- LAFIYA
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Depression, Stigmatization
Adolescent Depression: Video Ads on Instagram
The purposes of this study are to test among adolescent viewers the utility of different types of selfie short video-based messaging to: 1. Reduce stigma and self-stigma related to depression, and 2.
- Trial name
- NCT05755165
- Testing
- Depression, Depression, adjusted, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,235 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University