Empowering Monterey Bay Residents for Activated, Collaborative, and Equitable Care

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Conditions studied: Shared Decision-Making, Quality of Life, Advanced Illness, Terminal Illness

In brief

The purpose of the EMBRACE Study is to evaluate whether a facilitated intervention improves shared decision-making (SDM) and patient activation among low-income and minority individuals more than usual care only. The ultimate goal is to enhance SDM and patient activation in care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07652359

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

138

Starts

2026-07-14

Expected to finish

2030-01-14

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must be receiving clinical care by a primary care physician in the Monterey area
• Participants must be 18 years or older.
• Participants must speak either English or Spanish.
• Participants must be able to consent verbally in English or Spanish to all study procedures.
• Participants must self-identify as a racial/ethnic minorities OR identify as having low-income status

You may not qualify if…

• Patients unable to respond to survey questions in either English or Spanish.

Where it is running

• Stanford University — Palo Alto, California, United States (enrolling)

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