Community health workers helping patients with social needs linked to health
Tests community health worker help with social needs in adults with chronic conditions.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Arizona CEAL: Linking Social Care With Healthcare Systems to Address SDOH
Key facts
- Where
- Tucson, United StatesSee the 2 sites
Where in United States
- Banner University Medical Center SouthTucson, United StatesTaking people
- UAHS Center for Sleep, Circadian, & Neuroscience Research Department of Medicine, University of ArizonaTucson, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Sairam Parthasarathy
- Trial code
- NCT07799961
- Record updated
- 2 September 2026
- Original description
The goal of the Arizona Community Engagement Alliance (AZ-CEAL) will be to combine social care with healthcare programs. The study will be connecting selected patients from clinics with trained community health workers (CHW) who will assist participants in getting the help that is needed for their health such as transportation needs, accessing healthy food, health information, accessing good health care, job opportunities, and housing. The study will collect information from both the patients and the health care systems to test how effectively the care plan works over time.Read full original descriptionShow less
Arizona CEAL: Linking Social Care With Healthcare Systems to Address SDOH
The goal of the Arizona Community Engagement Alliance (AZ-CEAL) will be to combine social care with healthcare programs. The study will be connecting selected patients from clinics with trained community health workers (CHW) who will assist participants in getting the help that is needed for their health such as transportation needs, accessing healthy food, health information, accessing good health care, job opportunities, and housing. The study will collect information from both the patients and the health care systems to test how effectively the care plan works over time.
Inclusion: 18 years of age or older; Must meet at least one of the three criteria:; Medicaid or dual-insured beneficiary or; Racial/ethnic minority or rural resident and; Household income in the bottom national quartile of household median income (low SES definition).
Exclusion: Unable to provide informed consent due to cognitive impairment; Other specified reason that, in the opinion of the investigator makes the participant unsuitable for enrollment.