Choosing Healthful Interventions

Completed

Conditions studied: Socioeconomic Factors, Low-Income Population, Health Status

In brief

This study will identify what programs, along with traditional healthcare, low-income urban residents would choose to improve their health. The information is intended as a step toward designing public policies aimed at improving the health of low-income populations in the United States. Residents of Washington, D.C., who are between 18 and 64 years of age and are in a specified income bracket may be eligible for this study. Participants take part in audio-taped group discussions led by a trained facilitator. During a 3 hour session, participants engage in 4 cycles of choosing benefits. Participants select benefits as follows: * For themselves individually. * For their neighborhood. * For an entire city. * Once again individually.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00537706

Run by

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

People needed

442

Starts

2007-09-21

Expected to finish

2011-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Children 18 years and younger are ineligible.

Where it is running

• Howard University Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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