CHERL, Connecting Primary Care Patients With Community Resources to Facilitate Behavior Change

Summary

The investigators want to find out if providing a Community Health Educator Referral Liaison (CHERL) helps practices help their patients change risky behaviors (tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and risky drinking) by connecting patients to available services in the community or directly providing behavior change support.

Conditions

• Tobacco Use Disorder
• Alcohol Abuse
• Lack of Physical Activity
• Poor Diet

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CHERL

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

  collaborator FED

• Michigan Department of Community Health

  collaborator OTHER

• Marquette General Health System

  collaborator OTHER

• Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation;

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center for Health Professions

  collaborator OTHER

• Greater Flint Health Coalition

  collaborator OTHER

• Genesee Health Plan

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Genesys Health System

  collaborator OTHER

• Great Lakes Research Into Practice Network

  lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

• Jodi Holtrop, PhD · Michigan State University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

ECT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2006-01-31

Completion

2007-02-28

Countries

• United States

Study Locations