Clinical trials: Health Literacy
Obesity, Adolescent, Health Behavior
Health Literacy and Obesogenic Behaviors
The prevalence of adolescent behaviors that can lead to obesity are alarming, and reduced life expectancy is the future of America's youth if behavioral changes are not implemented to improve health and reduce the obesity burden.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Adolescent, Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Diet, Healthy
- Trial name
- HL-Squared (NCT04252677)
- Testing
- Obesity Prevention, Health Literacy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City University of New York, School of Public Health
Behavior, Health Risk, Implementation Science
Incentive-based and Media Literacy Informed Approaches to Improve Vaping Cessation
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and compare the preliminary effect of vaping cessation program consisting of media literacy education and real-time text messaging support and leverage insights from behavioral…
- Conditions
- Behavior, Health Risk, Implementation Science, E Cigarette Use, Cessation, Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT05586308
- Testing
- Text-massaging suport, Financial incentive, Media literacy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Effect of Game in Increasing Environmental Health Literacy
Evaluation of Prototype for Simulation for Environmental Exposure Education (SE3)
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a prototype of a new educational game about environmental health literacy with middle school age youth.
- Trial name
- SE3 (NCT05875467)
- Testing
- SE3 Game
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dfusion Inc
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Improving Diabetic Patient Health Through Assistive-Reading Technology
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) affects over 30 million Americans and requires patients to competently manage their conditions at home.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT05337306
- Testing
- GogyUp Reader
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GogyUp Inc
Oral Health, Child
Testing Preliminary Effectiveness of a Training to Support CHWs Outreach on Dental to African American Caregivers
Two arm study, experimental and control, to explore the impact of an online training program to help community health workers conduct effective outreach to support the dental health of African American youth via their caregivers.
- Conditions
- Oral Health, Child, Adolescents, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- GRIN (NCT05511935)
- Testing
- professional development training for CHWs on dental health (GRIN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KDH Research & Communication
Health Literacy
Reducing Assessment Barriers for Patients With Low Literacy
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of health literacy on questionnaire-based measurement.
- Trial name
- NCT03584490
- Testing
- Computerized Talking Touchscreen, Phone Administration of Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 729 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Improving Health Insurance Literacy Among Utah's Hispanic Population
This is a test of an existing health insurance education program (HIEP) in the Utah Hispanic community (aged 18-64). The study will evaluate whether the HIEP delivered by Utah Health Policy Project (UHPP) staff improves…
- Trial name
- NCT04823975
- Testing
- Health Insurance Education Program (HIEP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Cognitive Change, Health Behavior
A Multidomain Approach to Preventing Dementia in African Americans: Cognitive Prescriptions
The goal of this R21 study is to explore the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of individualized cognitive prescriptions (CogRxs) in improving engagement in healthy behaviors and other outcomes in middle-aged AAs and to gain…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Change, Health Behavior, Health Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT03864536
- Testing
- Cognitive Prescriptions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Environmental Exposure
Personalized Mobile Intervention to Reduce Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Adults of Child-Bearing Age
The goal of this intervention study is to determine to what extent the Million Marker (MM) program reduces users' endocrine disruption chemical (EDC) exposure levels and changes their environmental health awareness and behaviors.
- Conditions
- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Environmental Exposure, Health Literacy, Bisphenol A
- Trial name
- NCT05780047
- Testing
- Mail-in Urine Test for EDCs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 434 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Million Marker Wellness, Inc.
Health Literacy, Language
English as a Second Language Health Literacy Program
This research is using a Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) approach to design, implement, and evaluate English as a Second Language health literacy classes for Hispanic adults to reduce lead exposure.
- Trial name
- NCT04125680
- Testing
- ESL Health Literacy Classes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Health Literacy, Health Insurance
Supporting Decisions About Health Insurance to Improve Care for the Uninsured
The overall purpose of the study is to better understand how the investigators previously developed decision support (DS) tool can help people make decisions about health insurance plans available through the federal exchanges…
- Conditions
- Health Literacy, Health Insurance, Health Services Accessibility, Informed Decision Making
- Trial name
- NCT02522624
- Testing
- Decision Aid (DA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Health Literacy, Health Insurance
Effective Communication to Improve Decision Making About Health Care Plans
The overall goal of the study is to better understand how communication strategies can help people make decisions about health insurance plans.
- Conditions
- Health Literacy, Health Insurance, Health Services Accessibility
- Trial name
- NCT01986790
- Testing
- Plain Language, Plain Language + Visuals, Plain Language + Narratives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 343 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine