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Screening for Poverty And Related Social Determinants to Improve Knowledge of and Links to Resources (SPARK)

ConditionPoverty
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUnity Health Toronto

About this trial

The SPARK RCT will test the impact of engagement with a Community Health Worker who is embedded in interprofessional primary care teams on change in estimated annual income at 6 months for people living in poverty.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

18+ years old AND live in a household with an income below the Low-Income Cut-OFF AND agree to receive assistance with social needs

Disqualifiers

Has worked with a similar CHW or intervention in the past 1 year.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Community Health Worker

    Behavioral

    Trained Community Health Worker

Treatment groups

110 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Integrated care promoterExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Information on community resourcesActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

change in estimated annual income

The primary outcome will be change in estimated annual income, assessed at baseline and at 6 months.

Time frame
6 months

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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Unity Health Toronto

Lead sponsor

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Collaborator

Dalhousie University

Collaborator

University of Manitoba

Collaborator

University of Saskatchewan

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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