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Supporting community coalitions in choosing and using child health strategies

Tests a relationship-based support program for community coalitions working on child health.

Key facts

Who runs it
University of Pittsburgh
Where
Pittsburgh, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Registry title
Network-Based Support to Help Community Coalition Members Choose and Use Strategies to Improve Child Health
Status
Not yet recruiting
People taking part
3,300 people, planned
Starts
Jan 2027
Expected to end
Jun 2029
Type of study
Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Catalyzing Communities
  • FICAS Implementation Intervention
Record updated
4 September 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for community coalitions that work on child health, and for adults who are part of or connected to those coalitions.

Age
18 years or older
Sex
All sexes can join.
Earlier treatment
A coalition cannot join if it is already in a comparable formal coalition program.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Younger than 18 years
  • Cannot give informed consent
  • Cannot take part in English
  • No coalition, professional, community, organisational, policy or implementation role, expertise or connection
  • Coalition has no membership roster and no named leadership contact, or will not accept random assignment

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Coalition-level criteria
  • Coalition focuses on child health, childhood obesity prevention, healthy eating, active living, nutrition security, policy, systems, or environmental change, or related community health priorities
  • Coalition works in or serves a community experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage
  • Coalition has multisector participation
  • Coalition has identifiable leadership or backbone capacity to participate in the study
  • Coalition is willing to participate in study procedures and data collection and accept randomized coalition-level assignment
  • Coalition has a feasible membership roster or is able to work with the study team to construct one and has an identifiable leadership contact
  • Coalition can support participant recruitment and scheduling without coercing individual participation; Individual-level criteria
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Coalition member, leader, staff member, partner, changemaker, committee or core-group participant, named network connection, survey-only participant, invited guest, or other adult with relevant community, organizational, policy, professional, or implementation expertise or connections
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Able to participate in English
  • For direct committee or core-group participants, able to participate through the internet, telephone, or another study-supported mode
  • Willing to complete the study activities applicable to the participant's role, which may include meetings, surveys, network assessments, or interviews

Who cannot take part

  • Younger than 18 years
  • Coalition-level criteria
  • Coalition is unable to participate in required study activities
  • Coalition lacks a feasible membership roster or the ability to construct one with study-team assistance, or lacks an identifiable leadership contact
  • Coalition is unwilling to accept randomized coalition-level assignment
  • Coalition is participating in a comparable formal coalition intervention that would prevent interpretation of the study findings; Individual-level criteria
  • Unable to provide informed consent
  • Unable to participate in English
  • Does not have an eligible coalition, professional, community, organizational, policy, or implementation role, expertise, or connection
  • For direct committee or core-group participants, unable to participate through an available study-supported mode
  • Participation would create an unmanaged conflict or undue pressure that cannot be resolved

Where in United States

  • University of PittsburghPittsburgh, United StatesContact: Travis R Moore, PhDNot yet recruiting

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Community coalitions bring together residents and organizations to improve child health, but they may need support to identify and put research-supported strategies into practice. This study will examine whether a program called FICAS can be delivered successfully and is useful to coalition members. FICAS uses information about relationships within a coalition to help involve people with relevant perspectives, share evidence, compare possible strategies, make decisions, and adjust support as the coalition's work develops.

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Three community coalitions will participate. All three will eventually receive Catalyzing Communities, a program that provides facilitated meetings, collaborative planning, technical assistance, and funding for coalition-led action. One coalition will begin the program later, one will receive Catalyzing Communities alone, and one will receive Catalyzing Communities with FICAS. The study will help determine whether FICAS and the study procedures should be refined and tested in a larger study.

The 3 groups in the trial

  • Delayed ControlOther group

    During the initial comparison period, this coalition will receive study assessments and retention contacts but no active Catalyzing Communities or FICAS intervention. After the prespecified pre-crossover assessment, the coalition will cross over to Catalyzing Communities only. It will not receive the FICAS augmentation during the registered comparison period.

    Treatment: Catalyzing Communities

  • Positive Control: Catalyzing CommunitiesExisting treatment, for comparison

    This coalition will receive the Catalyzing Communities base implementation-support platform, including coalition convening, group model building, technical assistance, and seed funding to support coalition-led selection and early implementation of an evidence-informed strategy. It will not receive the FICAS augmentation.

    Treatment: Catalyzing Communities

  • Augmented Treatment: Catalyzing Communities Plus FICASTreatment being tested

    This coalition will receive the Catalyzing Communities base implementation-support platform plus the FICAS multicomponent implementation intervention. FICAS adds data-informed committee selection, opinion leader engagement, structured evidence review, structured decision support, and online network monitoring and adaptation.

    Treatment: Catalyzing Communities and FICAS Implementation Intervention

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Pilot Trial of Network-Based Implementation Strategies to Increase Coalition Adoption and Early Implementation of Evidence-Informed Strategies for Child Health
Plain-language title
Supporting community coalitions in choosing and using child health strategiesGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Record updated
4 September 2026