Using a Telehealth and Shared Decision-Making Model to Address Preventative Medicine Strategies Among Communities in Louisiana

Summary

This study is a 12-18 month behavioral intervention study to assess the impact of enrolling individuals a clinical pharmacist run Telehealth education focused on wellness and preventive health strategies. Individuals will be randomized to either a wellness education only model focusing on nutrition, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension or a wellness education model with personalized preventative medicine strategies for the patient. All participants will complete individual and group based interventions. Individuals will be recruited from target work industries such as health workers, teachers aides and the food industry. We are recruiting individuals who come from urban, semi-rural or rural communities or have additional social determinants of health that indicate social vulnerability. The primary outcome is willingness to participate in preventative medicine strategies to prevent development of chronic medical conditions. The secondary outcome is barriers to preventive medicine strategies including for chronic preventable disease such as nutrition, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and medication compliance.

Conditions

• Preventative Medicine

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Telehealth: Personalized Preventative Medicine Strategies

Individuals in this arm will complete a personalized telehealth interventions that focus on nutrition, work-life balance, medication compliance, herbals, exercise targets hyperlipidemia, diabetes and hypertension around individual risks for development of the disease state. All educations will be completed one-on-one as well as small group.

BEHAVIORAL

TeleHealth: Preventative Medicine Education

Individuals in this arm will complete standardized telehealth interventions that focus on nutrition, work-life balance, mental health, diabetes and hypertension general education. All educations will be completed one-on-one as well as small group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Elaine P Nunez Community College

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Xavier University of Louisiana.

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sara Al-Dahir, PhD · Xavier University of Louisiana.

• Klaus Heyer, PhD · Nunez Community College

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

55 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-01-01

Primary Completion

2028-12-01

Completion

2028-12-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations