The Oakland Men's Health Disparities Study

NCT03481270 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 36255
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,374
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Reducing racial disparities in health outcomes is a major policy concern in the United States. Although there has been recent progress to close the gap, black men continue to experience earlier morbidity and mortality from preventable and manageable medical conditions, and live on average 4.2 years less than their white male peers. An oft-prescribed solution to close this stubborn gap is to increase the diversity of the healthcare workforce. Another common policy tool to increase take-up of preventative healthcare services is financial incentives. In this randomized evaluation, we will estimate the effects of financial incentives and a racially concordant physician on the uptake of preventive health services in Oakland, California.

Conditions

Behavior; Cardiovascular Risk Factor; Influenza

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Average Take-up of Preventive Services (Post-consultation)

  Take-up of preventative services was scored as either zero (did not utilize any post-consultation services) or 1 (utilized at least 1 post-consultation service). Four non-incentivized post-consultation preventive services were offered (for BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, and/or diabetes); the subject had the opportunity to select service(s) after meeting with their assigned doctor.

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Study Arms (2)

Discordant

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Does not receive the concordant provider.

Behavioral: Concordant

Concordant

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention is that the subject receives the concordant provider.

Behavioral: Concordant

Interventions

Concordant BEHAVIORAL

We will be randomizing across providers - we are particularly interested in racial concordance.

Concordant; Discordant

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• African American male adults

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Stanford University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Barbershops / Fleamarkets

Oakland, California, 94577, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior; Influenza, Human

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Orthomyxoviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Marcella Alsan, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Organization: Stanford University

malsan@stanford.edu

(650) 721-1352

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: RCT

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 5, 2017
• First Posted: March 29, 2018
• Study Start: October 14, 2017
• Primary Completion: March 3, 2018
• Study Completion: March 3, 2018
• Last Updated: October 25, 2019
• Results First Posted: October 25, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)