The Oakland Men's Health Disparities Study

Reducing racial disparities in health outcomes is a major policy concern in the United States. Although there has been recent progress to close the gap, black men continue to experience earlier morbidity and mortality from preventable and manageable medical conditions, and live on average 4.2 years less than their white male peers. An oft-prescribed solution to close this stubborn gap is to increase the diversity of the healthcare workforce. Another common policy tool to increase take-up of preventative healthcare services is financial incentives. In this randomized evaluation, we will estimate the effects of financial incentives and a racially concordant physician on the uptake of preventive health services in Oakland, California.

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Key information

Conditions

Behavior Cardiovascular Risk Factor Infections Influenza Influenza, Human Orthomyxoviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Barbershops / Fleamarkets

Oakland, California, 94577, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

African American male adults

Exclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

Concordant

Behavioral

We will be randomizing across providers - we are particularly interested in racial concordance.

Primary outcomes

Average Take-up of Preventive Services (Post-consultation)

Time frame: 1 day

Take-up of preventative services was scored as either zero (did not utilize any post-consultation services) or 1 (utilized at least 1 post-consultation service). Four non-incentivized post-consultation preventive services were offered (for BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, and/or diabetes); the subject had the opportunity to select service(s) after meeting with their assigned doctor.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2018
Study completion: 2018
First posted: Mar 29, 2018
Registry last updated: Oct 25, 2019

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