Housing, Environment, And Living Conditions for Transformed Health Study
This study, called "Housing, Environment, And Living Conditions for Transformed Health," is looking at how different improvements to housing and neighborhoods can affect your health, especially if you have lung diseases or other long-term health problems. Researchers are testing three main things: Indoor Air Purification (using air purifiers), Neighborhood Improvements (like green spaces and educational programs), and Housing Improvements (high-quality public housing). They want to see if these changes, alone or combined, can improve your overall health, reduce stress, and improve indoor air quality. You could be eligible if you are an adult aged 18 to 89, speak English, and live in one of four public housing sites in Birmingham, Alabama. The study aims to enroll 460 people, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 460 participants to compare the effects of different housing and environmental improvements on health.
- What's involved
- You would complete surveys, have a physical exam, lung function tests, and blood draws. An indoor air purifier would be provided, and its used filters would be analyzed.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your health will be monitored for up to 24 months, and indoor air quality will be checked for up to 12 months.
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Housing, Environment, And Living Conditions for Transformed Health
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Gabriela R Oates, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
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What this trial measures
- Change in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10) Global HealthBaseline, 12 months, 24 months
A self-reported measure of physical, mental, and social health. 10 item questionnaire T-score metric from zero to 100 where higher T-scores indicate better health.
- Change in Allostatic loadBaseline, 12 months
Measure of cumulative stress burden as the number of 10 indicators above a threshold: (1) serum albumin \<3.8 g/dL, (2) C Reactive Protein (CRP) \>3 mg/L, (3) High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) \<40 mg/dL, (4) total cholesterol ≥240 mg/dL, (5) heart rate ≥90 beats/min, (6) systolic Blood Pressure (BP) ≥140 mmHg, (7) diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg, (8) serum creatinine ≥1.3 mg/dL, (9) Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) ≥18 mg/dL, and (10) waist circumference \>88 cm in women, \>102 cm in men.
- Change in Indoor Air QualityBaseline, 6 months, 12 months (Study 2 only)
Particulate matter (PM2.5). Measures particles in the air that are 2.5 micrometers or smaller in diameter.