Clinical trial NCT04161846: Virtual World Training for Community Health Workers (CHW)
Official title: Reaching Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities to Support Healthy Lifestyle Change: Virtual World Training for Community Health Workers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus Risk
Lead sponsor: University of Delaware
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
First posted: 2019-11-13
Enrollment: 26
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized 2 group repeated measures design (Pre-Pandemic) \[Pandemic modification: Only Virtual world group\]
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Standard, effective, and scalable training models are needed to help equip community health workers in their community-based diabetes prevention awareness efforts. This study will tailor/adapt, implement, and evaluate an innovative internet-based virtual world model to remotely deliver a diabetes prevention awareness training program to community health workers.

Detailed description: Standard, effective, and scalable training models are needed to help equip community health workers in their community-based diabetes prevention awareness efforts. This study will tailor/adapt, implement, and evaluate an innovative internet-based virtual world model to remotely deliver a diabetes prevention awareness training program to community health workers. A sequential mixed-methods design is used to address these specific aims: 1. Use community-based participatory research methods to guide the overall study and inform tailoring and adaptation of our virtual world model to deliver the CHW training program; 2. Conduct a randomized pilot study to compare change in primary outcomes (0, 12 weeks) after the in-person versus virtual world delivery of the program; and 3. Conduct summative focus groups to gather information to refine the program and study methodology.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* community health worker
* 18-65 years old
* Female
* Of African American/Black/African ancestry
* not getting 150 minutes of physical activity weekly and/or overweight
* residing in Chicago/driving distance to Chicago study site
* regular access to internet and computer

Exclusion Criteria:

• does not meet inclusion criteria

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in content knowledge will be measured using the program Knowledge Questionnaire
timeFrame: Following program completion (10-12 weeks)
measure: Post Training Presentation Delivery Skills
timeFrame: Following program completion (10-12 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Lifestyle Habits
timeFrame: Following program completion (10-12 weeks)
measure: Change in Physical Activity
timeFrame: Following program completion (10-12 weeks)
Other outcomes:
measure: Change in self-efficacy and Stage of Change. A Self-Efficacy Index will be used and Stage of Change individual questions will be used for healthy eating and physical activity.
timeFrame: Following program completion (10-12 weeks)
measure: Adherence
timeFrame: During training sessions (up to 10 weeks).
Locations:
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: UIC College of Nursing
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Delaware
name: Laurie Ruggiero, Ph.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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