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Community Health Worker Based Intervention to Improve Palliative Care
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Summary
The study aims to find out if community health worker (CHW) support will improve palliative care outcomes in African American patients with advanced cancer, by comparing the quality of life of patients who are receiving standard care to those whose standard care is supplemented with CHW support.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
160
Start Date
2023-11-02
Completion Date
2027-09-01
Last Updated
2026-04-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Community Health Worker (CHW) based palliative care
Those in the intervention group will receive support from a dedicated CHW trained in motivational interviewing, components of palliative care communication, and social determinants of health.
Locations (4)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, Inc.
Salisbury, Maryland, United States
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States