The Oakland Men's Health Disparities Study

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior; Influenza; Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Treatments: Behavioral: Concordant

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03481270

36255

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 1,374 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• African American male adults

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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1,374 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Discordant

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Does not receive the concordant provider.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Concordant

Concordant

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention is that the subject receives the concordant provider.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Concordant