Strong Heart Water Study (NCT03725592) | Clinical Trial Compass
Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable
Strong Heart Water Study
United States57 participantsStarted 2018-07-02
Plain-language summary
Develop and evaluate the effectiveness of multi-level participatory interventions in reducing arsenic exposure among American Indian (AI) communities from North and South Dakota who participated in the Strong Heart Study (SHS).
Who can participate
Age range10 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Arsenic levels in household drinking water must be ≥10 µg/L
* Households must have ≥1 adult ≥18 years of age eligible and willing to participate.
* Household must have an active well on the property that is used for drinking water.
* Household must have indoor plumbing and a permanent heat source.
* Participant must plan to reside in the household for the next year, must reside in the residence for ≥4 days/week, and year round (i.e. all seasons).
* ≥1 household members must identify as American Indian.
* Household must be willing to grant study members access to the interior of their household for screening and data collection.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Arsenic levels in household drinking water \<10 µg/L
* Households with no adult ≥18 years of age eligible and willing to participate.
* Households without an active well on the property that is used for drinking water (i.e. connected to municipal water supply).
* Households without indoor plumbing and/or a permanent heat source.
* Participant planning to reside in the household \<1 year, residing in the residence for \<4 days/week, or not year round (i.e. not during all seasons).
* No household member identifies as American Indian.
* Household unwilling to grant study members access to the interior of their household for screening and data collection.
What they're measuring
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Urine arsenic concentrations in household members
Timeframe: 6 months post-installation of the arsenic removal device
Trial details
NCT IDNCT03725592
SponsorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health