The Oakland Men's Health Disparities Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Behavior, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Influenza

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03481270
Run by
Stanford University
People needed
1374
Starts
2017-10-14
Expected to finish
2018-03-03
Last updated by the study team
2019-10-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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