VALES+Tú: Targeting Psychosocial Stressors to Reduce Latino Day Laborers (LDL) Injury Disparities

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Work-related Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: individual -Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI); Behavioral: Standard of Care (OSHA 10 Safety Cards); Behavioral: Group (Group Problem Solving)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04800757

1R01MD012928 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HSC-SPH-18-0337

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of VALES+Tú in reducing hazardous exposures at work and to determine the mediating effect of psychosocial stressors on VALES+Tú primary outcomes

Enrollment: 325 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• self-identify as Hispanic or Latino
• be present at the corner for the purpose of looking for work

Exclusion criteria

• have not been previously hired to work at a corner
• symptoms of COVID-19 in the previous 48 hours

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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325 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

individual (Brief Motivational Intervention)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: individual -Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI)

Group (Group Problem Solving)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group (Group Problem Solving)

Standard of Care

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard of Care (OSHA 10 Safety Cards)