The Oakland Men's Health Disparities Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiovascular Risk Factor; Behavior; Influenza
• Interventions: Behavioral: Concordant

• Registration Number: NCT03481270
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-05
• Study Start: 2017-10-14
• Primary Completion: 2018-03-03
• Study Completion: 2018-03-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-26
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-29
• Results First Submitted: 2019-05-07
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Results First Submitted QC: 2019-10-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-02
• Results First Posted: 2019-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2019-10-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 1374

Inclusion Criteria

• African American male adults

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Discordant	Concordant	Does not receive the concordant provider.
Concordant	Concordant	The intervention is that the subject receives the concordant provider.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Average Take-up of Preventive Services (Post-consultation)	1 day	Take-up of preventative services was scored as either zero (did not utilize any post-consultation services) or 1 (utilized at least 1 post-consultation service). Four non-incentivized post-consultation preventive services were offered (for BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, and/or diabetes); the subject had the opportunity to select service(s) after meeting with their assigned doctor.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Barbershops / Fleamarkets; 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States