African Americans (AA) Communities Speak

Part of paid clinical trials in Birmingham, Alabama.

Sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Study ID
NCT05908487
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Care Eliciting Behavior
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Healthy Aging
  • Racism, Systemic
  • Social Responsibility

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
N/A - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • AA Communities Speak to Healthcare Professionals — BEHAVIORAL
    The training program is designed to empower clinicians to improve goal-concordant EoL care delivery by using community-developed storytelling videos to create empathy with experiences of racism in EoL care, guidelines for culturally concordant EoL care delivery, and implicit bias recognition and management training to mitigate bias in goals of care communication.

Study Details

African Americans are less likely to receive quality end-of-life (EoL) care. Addressing disparities in EoL care will need efforts to support a better understanding of African American patients' EoL cultural values and preferences for EoL communication and the impact of historical and ongoing care delivery inequities in healthcare settings. Our proposed "Caring for Older African Americans" training program is designed to empower clinicians to improve goal-concordant EoL care delivery by using community-developed storytelling videos to create empathy with experiences of racism in EoL care, guidelines for culturally concordant EoL care delivery, and an implicit bias recognition and management training to mitigate bias in goals of care communication.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 27, 2025
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2027
Completion
Jul 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Other: Clinician Trainees- Cluster 1
    Within each participating institution, clinician clusters are randomized to 1 of 4 start date training times for the African American Communities Speak (AACS) Education Intervention. Each arm has a pre-intervention (control) period and a post-intervention (exposure) period.
  • Other: Clinician Trainees- Cluster 2
    Within each participating institution, clinician clusters are randomized to 1 of 4 start date training times for the African American Communities Speak (AACS) Education Intervention. Each arm has a pre-intervention (control) period and a post-intervention (exposure) period
  • Other: Clinician Trainees- Cluster 3
    Within each participating institution, clinician clusters are randomized to 1 of 4 start date training times for the African American Communities Speak (AACS) Education Intervention. Each arm has a pre-intervention (control) period and a post-intervention (exposure) period
  • Other: Clinician Trainees- Cluster 4
    Within each participating institution, clinician clusters are randomized to 1 of 4 start date training times for the African American Communities Speak (AACS) Education Intervention. Each arm has a pre-intervention (control) period and a post-intervention (exposure) period

Primary Outcome Measure

Human Connection Scale (patient/family reported) [ Time Frame: up to 3 months before the intervention ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
UABBirminghamAlabama35233
Ronit Elk, PhD
[email protected]
205.996.1702
Tametria Heard, PhD
[email protected]
205.934.7905
Ronit Elk, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Albert Einstein/MontefioreThe BronxNew York10461
Elizabeth Chuang, MD
[email protected]
718-920-4630
Elizabeth Chuang, MD (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)

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