A Web-Based Healthy Living Training for Promotores

NCT06627439 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: R44MD016228
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a new web-based promotora de salud/ community health worker (CHW) training. This training is designed to provide CHWs with the knowledge and skills to effectively implement a healthy living intervention for Latinas. The main question it aims to answer is: o Do CHWs who complete the web-based healthy living training have higher self-efficacy in implementing core lifestyle intervention learning components for obesity interventions in Hispanics than CHWs who do not? Participants will:

• Complete a baseline survey asking about self-efficacy related to implementing core lifestyle intervention learning components, knowledge, health behaviors, and skill mastery.
• Be randomized to receive the new web-based training or to a standard CHW training designed by Health and Human Services. The new web-based training provides promotores with the self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills required to effectively implement an obesity intervention for Hispanic women. Promotores will build their skillset through interactive quizzes, exercises, video role-playing scenarios, and interactive tools.
• Complete follow-up surveys at 3 months and 6 months after the baseline survey. This survey will ask the same questions as the baseline survey and will include additional questions regarding satisfaction with training and behavior application. Researchers will compare participants who receive the new web-based training to participants who utilize the HHS training. The goal is to see whether the new web-based training increases self-efficacy among CHWs to effectively implement core lifestyle learning components for obesity interventions in Hispanics.

Conditions

Obesity Prevention

Keywords

Obesity; Latina

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Baseline Self-Efficacy at week 12 and week 24

  19-item questionnaire that measures the degree to which an individual perceives self efficacy in implementing core lifestyle intervention learning components for obesity interventions in Hispanics. Score ranges from 19-133 with a higher score indicating higher self-efficacy.

  Baseline, Week 12, and Week 24

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Obesity Intervention Knowledge Questionnaire

  Baseline, Week 12, and Week 24

• Self-Report Skill Mastery

  Baseline, Week 12, and Week 24

• Satisfaction with Training

  Week 12

• Behavior Application

  Week 24

Study Arms (2)

Web-based Comadres Saludables CHW Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental group participants will have access to the web-based Comadres Saludables training for three months.

Behavioral: Comadres Saludables

HHS Promoting Healthy Choices and Community Changes

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Control condition participants will receive information on how to access the HHS CHW Promoting Healthy Choices and Community Changes training. They will be asked to review for three months.

Behavioral: Control

Interventions

Comadres Saludables BEHAVIORAL

Comadres Saludables is a web-based healthy living training for community health workers aimed at addressing obesity in Latinas. Comadres Saludables will combine both theory and evidence-based practices to provide participants with the self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills required to effectively implement an obesity intervention for Hispanic women. Participants (CHWs) will build their skillset through interactive quizzes, exercises, and video role-playing scenarios. Additionally, Comadres Saludables allows participants to utilize interactive mHealth tools to enhance implementation with Hispanic women. Participants will access the training for three months.

Web-based Comadres Saludables CHW Training

Control BEHAVIORAL

Participants will access the web-based HHS Promoting Healthy Choices and Community Changes that includes a variety of content via text, audio, and video. The information is designed to educate CHWs on how to implement health interventions for positive community change. They are asked to review it for three months.

HHS Promoting Healthy Choices and Community Changes

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• years of age and old
• Comfortable speaking, reading, and writing English OR Spanish
• Female
• Access to a computer that has internet
• Not Pregnant
• Have a community health worker certification through the state of TX OR have worked over 6 moths as a community health worker and meets core competencies for CHWs
• Provides services to Hispanic populations

You may not qualify if:

• Less than 18 years of age and old
• Not comfortable speaking, reading, and writing English OR Spanish
• Male
• Does not have access to a computer that has internet
• Pregnant
• Does not have a community health worker certification through the state of TX OR have not worked over 6 moths as a community health worker and does not meet core competencies for CHWs
• Does not provide services to Hispanic populations

Sponsors & Collaborators

• ISA Associates, Inc.: lead
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

ISA Associates

Arlington, Virginia, 22203, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Debra M Rios, DrPH

  ISA Associates

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 2, 2024
• First Posted: October 4, 2024
• Study Start: September 13, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2025
• Study Completion: September 30, 2025
• Last Updated: December 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)