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Filter by:The purpose of the study is to evaluate if daily feedback on food-derived metabolites in stool enhances an individual's ability to make and/or sustain a dietary change.
The purpose of this study is to implement a system of integrated health care that provides a continuum of care for those with diabetes. This study will use a randomized behavioral intervention trial experimental design to compare participants receiving the enhanced delivery of integrated behavioral care with nonparticipants receiving the usual care until after the study period, at which time they will be offered access to expansion services.
In this study we aim to study the effectiveness of a specially designed 21 day Brush Day and Night programme for school children aged 6-9 which aims to establish the habit of twice a day toothbrushing for oral health. The 21 day programme is led primarily by teachers with support from a oral health care professional. Schools will be recruited in Indonesia and Nigeria to take part in the study. Half of the schools will run the 21 day programme with their children in school grades 1 to 3, half will act as a control.
Since severe obesity in youth has been steadily increasing. Specialized pediatric obesity clinics provide programs to aid in reducing obesity. Since the home environment and parental behavioral modeling are two of the strongest predictors of child weight loss during behavioral weight loss interventions, a family-based treatment approach is best. This strategy has been moderately successful in our existing, evidence-based pediatric weight management program, Brenner Families In Training (Brenner FIT). However, since programs such as Brenner Families in Training rely on face-to-face interactions and delivery, they are sometimes by the time constraints experienced by families. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop and pilot a tailored, mobile health component to potentially increase the benefits seen by Brenner FIT standard program components and similar pediatric weight management programs.
Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) reduces the risk of tuberculosis in 60%. Young children are at higher risk of developing severe forms of TB, though this can be prevented with a full course of IPT. Preliminary data indicate that 60% of eligible children start IPT, and 30% complete it. Furthermore, children can be exposed to more than one case of TB in the household. Adults exposed to TB in the household setting are not necessarily aware of their risk. Uncertainties in the decisions of staff to prescribe IPT and limited health literacy among caretakers and families contribute to this. The investigators will determine the efficacy of an intervention package to increase IPT adherence and completion among children < 5 years old exposed to TB in the household. The investigators will assess the efficacy of the intervention by 1) measuring IPT completion at 6 months after treatment initiation and by 2) determining adherence to IPT by measuring isoniazid in urine at weeks 2, 8 and 24 in a random cluster sample of 10 health facilities and 20 control facilities with 10 children included in each facility (100 in intervention and 200 in control). The investigators will measure fidelity and reach, and acceptability among caretakers and health staff. The intervention package will consist of: 1) educational booklet for caretakers explaining why IPT needs to be given 2) a children's storybook, with weekly installments, over the 6-month course of IPT as a non-monetary incentive and 3) short messages services (SMS) reminders delivered to the caretaker for the weekly pick-up In September 2020, the protocol was updated to adapt to the COVID19 situation in Lima. One of the secondary outcome (isoniazid concentration in urine) was cancelled and the full intervention (educational booklet, weekly children storybook and weekly SMS) is now delivered through WhatsApp.
This study aims to test the hypothesis that a culturally tailored lifestyle intervention can improve health behaviors among South Asians with prediabetes and diabetes
The Exercise and Obesity Health Promotion (PESO) program is a randomized controlled trial designed to analyze the effects of a lifestyle intervention in weight management and health-related parameters of overweight and obese premenopausal women
The Peer Approaches to Lupus Self-Management (PALS) study is a randomized, controlled in which 360 African American women with lupus will be recruited from the MUSC SLE database (60 mentors and 300 mentees). The peer mentoring intervention (patients will be matched with peer mentors who are considered competent in the management of their condition to provide modeling and reinforcement to participants) will occur by telephone for approximately 60 minutes every two weeks for 24 weeks. All participants will be assessed at baseline, mid-intervention (12 weeks post-enrollment), immediately following the intervention (24 weeks post-enrollment), and 12 months post-enrollment. The study will last 60 months with recruitment and enrollment over 48 months, 6 months for intervention delivery and 6 months for data analysis.
The DASH diet is a proven behavioral strategy to reduce blood pressure, however, national adherence rates are poor. Using digital health tools may help to improve adoption of the DASH diet. Digital health approaches capitalize on the ubiquitous utilization of mobile technologies and have broad dissemination potential. There have been few efforts to test a DASH intervention via digital, and none using voice-activated technologies (e.g, Amazon Alexa). This proposal will enroll up to 20 participants to leverage a commercial diet tracking application, an existing intervention technology platform and the Amazon Echo Dot to test the feasibility of using DASH Cloud, a digital health intervention, with the Amazon Alexa personal assistant.
A parallel-group, non-blinded randomized controlled trial was conducted. Participants were uncircumcised heterosexual male sexually transmitted disease patients attending the four collaborative public sexually transmitted diseases clinics in three Chinese cities. Those who were known to be HIV positive were excluded. After completion the baseline face-to-face interview, 238 participants will be randomized 1:1 into the intervention group and the control group. Participants in the control group will receive a health education booklet introducing voluntary medical male circumcision. In addition to the health education booklet received by the control group, the intervention group watched a 10-minute video and received a brief counseling delivered by the clinicians. Participants will be followed up by telephone six months afterwards.