Florida Community-Engaged Research Alliance (FL-CEAL)

Conditions

• Health, Subjective

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

13 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Community health workers (CHW) — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will meet with a Community Health Worker (CHW) who will help facilitate and provide personalized navigation to existing resources for addressing health challenges such as food insecurity and access to care. CHW will meet with participants in person or virtually at least three times for approximately 15-60 minutes for over the six month period
• Educational Materials — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will receive one time educational materials including information of existing health resources. Participants will be able to review materials at participant discretion.

Study Details

The purpose of the study is learn more about ways to help people with non-medical issues that can affect participant health. The study team will examine if Community Health Workers, members of a community who provide basic health and medical care within communities, are more helpful to people with non-medical issues than simple reading materials on how participants can do it themselves.

Key Dates

Start date

Mar 31, 2025

Status verified

Sep 2025

Primary completion

Dec 1, 2028

Completion

Dec 1, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

900 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

• Experimental: Community Health worker Group
  Participants in this group will be linked to a community health worker for up to 6 months and also be offered the opportunity to participate in group level activities
• Active Comparator: Educational material group
  Participants in this group will be provided with educational material on health resources for up to 6 months

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in General well-being (GWB), measured by the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months ]

Central Contacts

• Olveen Carrasquillo, MD
  3052439765
  [email protected]
• Victor Cueto, MD
  3052439765
  [email protected]

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