An Aging Healthy Intervention for Older Adults Delivered by Community Health Workers in Senior Centers: A Clinical Trial

NCT07428174 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: STUDY00000967FP00006108
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 250
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aCT Study will develop, implement and evaluate a community health worker (CHW) integrated model of care delivery for older adults that is senior center based. CHW services will be available for older adult participants at three centers, 4 hours per week for 4 months. Three centers will continue usual services. Researchers will compare blood pressure, physical activity levels, fruit/vegetable consumption and psychosocial outcomes across groups before and after the intervention.

Conditions

Healthy Aging

Keywords

older adults, community health workers, senior centers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• blood pressure

  Blood pressure will be measured in duplicate, with appropriate size cuff and participant seated, arm supported so elbow at heart level and following a 5 minute rest.

  Baseline following enrollment and 4-5 months later following completion of the intervention

• physical activity levels

  We will use a self-report measure, the Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA), a 9-item questionnaire validated for use in older adults

  Baseline following enrollment and 4-5 months later following intervention completion

Study Arms (2)

aCT CHW Intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

State-certified CHWs employed and supervised by Kentucky Homeplace, a local organization that provides training and CHW services to local communities, will deliver the intervention at three senior centers 4 hours per week for 4 months, which include health promotion and disease prevention services and programs, advocacy, and health screenings.

Behavioral: aCT CHW intervention

Usual practice

NO INTERVENTION

Three other senior centers who have agreed to study participation will serve as comparison sites, where older adults who visit the centers will continue to access usual services which have not typically included on-site CHW services.

Interventions

aCT CHW intervention BEHAVIORAL

The aCT CHW intervention arm will be delivered by state-certified CHWs employed and supervised by Kentucky Homeplace, a local organization that provides training and CHW services to local communities. Trained CHWs will deliver the intervention at three senior centers 4 hours per week for 4 months, which will include health promotion and disease prevention services and programs, advocacy, and health screenings.

aCT CHW Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• George Mason University: lead
• University of Kentucky: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health

Hazard, Kentucky, 41701, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Martha Kubik, PhD

  George Mason University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Martha Kubik, PhD

CONTACT

7039938870; mkubik@gmu.edu

William Baker

CONTACT

8592183684; mace.baker@uky.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 17, 2026
• First Posted: February 23, 2026
• Study Start: April 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Last Updated: February 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)