NCT02577705

Building Wealth and Health Network: A Microfinance/TANF Demonstration Project

Completed NA Last updated 1 February 2017

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Self Empowerment Groups in Hunger in 145 participants. Completed in 31 December 2015.

Timeline

16 June 2014

Primary endpoint
31 December 2015

31 December 2015

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Center for Hunger-Free Communities
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	145
Start date	16 June 2014
Primary completion	31 December 2015
Estimated completion	31 December 2015
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Self Empowerment Groups
• Financial Empowerment
• Matched Savings

Conditions studied

• Hunger — all drugs for Hunger →
• Child Development — all drugs for Child Development →
• Social Isolation — all drugs for Social Isolation →

Sponsor

Center for Hunger-Free Communities

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Hunger or Child Development. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goals of the The Building Wealth and Health Network (The Network) are to develop and rigorously test an asset building model that will build financial, social and human capital through asset building, financial education and trauma-informed peer support. Program components include: 1) Matched savings accounts; 2) Financial literacy classes; and 3) Peer support groups using the Sanctuary ® trauma-informed approach to social services. This program is offered in partnership with the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The program elements will fulfill work requirements for the program called temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

The hypothesis is that the program's combination of services will result in improved economic security through boosting income, increasing assets, and building a supportive social network, that then translates to better health outcomes.

Publications & conference data

5 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Community-level interventions for improving access to food in low- and middle-income countries.
   Durao S, Visser ME, Ramokolo V, Oliveira JM, et al · · 2020 · cited 33× · PMID 32722849 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd011504.pub2
2. Community-level interventions for improving access to food in low- and middle-income countries.
   Durao S, Visser ME, Ramokolo V, Oliveira JM, et al · · 2020 · cited 23× · PMID 32761615 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd011504.pub3
3. Trauma-informed Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): A Randomized Controlled Trial with a Two-Generation Impact.
   Booshehri LG, Dugan J, Patel F, Bloom S, et al · · 2018 · cited 16× · PMID 29657515 · DOI 10.1007/s10826-017-0987-y
4. The Building Wealth and Health Network: methods and baseline characteristics from a randomized controlled trial for families with young children participating in temporary assistance for needy families (TANF).
   Sun J, Patel F, Kirzner R, Newton-Famous N, et al · · 2016 · cited 11× · PMID 27421287 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3233-4
5. Interventions from pregnancy to two years after birth for parents experiencing complex post-traumatic stress disorder and/or with childhood experience of maltreatment.
   Jones KA, Freijah I, Brennan SE, McKenzie JE, et al · · 2023 · cited 3× · PMID 37146219 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd014874.pub2