NCT06854770

STRENGTH Pilot Project: A Study of a Women-led, Trauma-informed Model of Outreach to Foster Equity

Completed NA Last updated 3 March 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing STRENGTH Outreach Intervention in Access to Health Care in 37 participants. Completed in 28 January 2020.

Timeline

15 April 2018

Primary endpoint
28 January 2020

28 January 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of British Columbia
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	37
Start date	15 April 2018
Primary completion	28 January 2020
Estimated completion	28 January 2020
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

• STRENGTH Outreach Intervention

Conditions studied

• Access to Health Care — all drugs for Access to Health Care →
• Gender-Based Violence — all drugs for Gender-Based Violence →
• Safety — all drugs for Safety →
• Access to Social Services — all drugs for Access to Social Services →

Sponsor

University of British Columbia

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Access to Health Care or Gender-Based Violence. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this pilot study is to identify the core elements of outreach practice necessary to engage with women experiencing street-involvement who are underserved within health and social care settings. The primary research questions are:

1. How acceptable is the outreach intervention to women experiencing street-involvement?
2. What factors act as barriers or facilitators to acceptability?
3. How feasible is the outreach intervention to enhance women's access to health and social services?

Participants will:

* Meet regularly one-on-one with an outreach worker over an 18-month period
* Co-develop (with the outreach worker) a plan, based on the individuals self-identified needs, for connecting with health and social services
* Be invited to complete surveys at the start of their participation, and again every four months. These surveys ask questions about participants' resiliency, quality of life, independence, safety, and health status
* Be invited to participate in a one-on-one interview with a researcher about their experiences in the study.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Relational trust in outreach with women experiencing street-involvement in British Columbia, Canada: a qualitative study.
   Gagnon M, Jiao S, Kassam S, Dewar L, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41382150 · DOI 10.1186/s12913-025-13875-3