Project inCharge: Increasing the Rate of Comprehensive Eye Care Utilization by Older African Americans Through Community-Based Eye Health Education Program

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Eye Disease, Eye Care, Vision

In brief

The study design is a randomized intervention evaluation. Ten senior centers in predominately African American communities in the Birmingham, Alabama will be selected as sites for the educational intervention. Five centers will be randomly assigned to receive an educational intervention communicating practical information about vision, eye conditions and eye care as pertinent to the older African American population. The other five centers will serve as social-contact controls, where participants will receive an engaging information session on a non-health related topic. The primary outcome of interest is the change in percentage of persons receiving comprehensive eye care from pre- to post- intervention. The secondary outcomes are the process outcomes of improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and values about vision, eye conditions, and eye care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00591110

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

177

Starts

2008-06-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-06-28

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• African Americans ages >=60 years residing in the communities targeted for intervention or control activities

You may not qualify if…

• Persons who do not speak English, persons who are not community-dwelling.

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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