Promoting Equitable Access to Language Services in Health and Human Services

NCT ID: NCT06272110

Last Updated: 2026-01-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

17500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-29

Study Completion Date

2026-08-31

Brief Summary

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This is a community-based study that will engage community and health care stakeholders to develop, implement, and evaluate a Health Literacy (HL)-informed, culturally- and linguistically- sensitive approach to improving language access services for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) to promote health equity and reduce disparities in preventive health services use and health outcomes in New York City (NYC). This study will have a total of 4 phases that include a preparatory work phase (Non-Human Subjects Research), a pre-implementation phase, an implementation phase, and a post-implementation phase.

Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies and endpoints for the later phases (implementation and post-implementation phase).

Detailed Description

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The preparatory work phase (Non-Human Subjects Research) will collect information on policies and procedures related to language access (LA) services use. Educational and patient-facing materials will also be reviewed. This information will be collected pre- and post-implementation.

During the pre-implementation phase surveys and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders will be conducted to assess their views on barriers and facilitators to LA services and preventive services use and ideas about potential intervention strategies and resources to improve these services. Additionally, patients seen for ambulatory care preventive visit at one of the 4 study locations will be invited to complete an anonymous post-visit survey to assess their views on LA services use and provider-patient communication. Community members will also be invited to complete an anonymous survey to assess knowledge of LA rights and satisfaction with LA services. NYC Health \& Hospitals (H+H) EHR reports will also be generated to collect visit-level information.

The implementation phase will include the development of culturally and linguistically appropriate and HL informed strategies and materials/toolkit for community members, patients, and health care providers and staff. Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies.

During the post-implementation phase surveys and in-depth interviews will be conducted with key stakeholders to assess their views on barriers and facilitators to LA services and preventive services use and ideas about future potential intervention strategies and resources to improve these services. We will also examine perceived appropriateness, acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability of the intervention. We will assess use and adoption of the intervention toolkit. Additionally, patients seen for ambulatory care preventive visit at one of the 4 study locations will be invited to complete an anonymous post-visit survey to assess views on LA services use and provider-patient communication. Community members will be invited to complete an anonymous survey to assess knowledge of LA rights and satisfaction with LA services. H+H EHR reports will also be generated to collect visit-level information.

Conditions

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Appropriate Use of Language Across Services

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Post-visit survey of Patients/Caregivers (pre-implementation)

No interventions assigned to this group

H+H EHR reports of Patients (pre-implementation)

No interventions assigned to this group

Community survey of Community members (pre-implementation)

No interventions assigned to this group

Key stakeholder interviews of Patients/Caregivers/Community Members (pre-implementation)

No interventions assigned to this group

Key stakeholder interviews of NYC H+H Leadership/Providers/Staff (pre-implementation)

No interventions assigned to this group

Key stakeholder interviews of CBO Leadership/Staff (pre-implementation)

No interventions assigned to this group

Post-visit survey of Patients/Caregivers (post-implementation)

System level Language Access (LA) intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Culturally and linguistically appropriate and HL informed strategies and materials/toolkit for community members, patients, and health care providers and staff. Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies.

H+H EHR reports of Patients (post-implementation)

System level Language Access (LA) intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Culturally and linguistically appropriate and HL informed strategies and materials/toolkit for community members, patients, and health care providers and staff. Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies.

Community survey of Community members (post-implementation)

System level Language Access (LA) intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Culturally and linguistically appropriate and HL informed strategies and materials/toolkit for community members, patients, and health care providers and staff. Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies.

Key stakeholder interviews of Patients/Caregivers/Community Members (post-implementation)

System level Language Access (LA) intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Culturally and linguistically appropriate and HL informed strategies and materials/toolkit for community members, patients, and health care providers and staff. Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies.

Key stakeholder interviews of NYC H+H Leadership/Providers/Staff (post-implementation)

System level Language Access (LA) intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Culturally and linguistically appropriate and HL informed strategies and materials/toolkit for community members, patients, and health care providers and staff. Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies.

Key stakeholder interviews of CBO Leadership/Staff (post-implementation)

System level Language Access (LA) intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Culturally and linguistically appropriate and HL informed strategies and materials/toolkit for community members, patients, and health care providers and staff. Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies.

Interventions

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System level Language Access (LA) intervention

Culturally and linguistically appropriate and HL informed strategies and materials/toolkit for community members, patients, and health care providers and staff. Findings from the preparatory work and pre-implementation phase and discussions with key partners will inform the co-design of intervention strategies.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Post-visit survey (Patients/Caregivers):

* Patient seen for ambulatory care preventive visit at one of the study locations OR caregiver of a pediatric patient seen for ambulatory preventive visit at one of the study locations.
* 18 years of age and older
* Willingness and ability to participate

H+H EHR Reports:

• Patient seen for ambulatory care preventive visit at one of the study locations

Community survey (Community members):

* Individual that attends community based organizations (CBO) events or uses CBOs' services
* 18 years of age and older
* Willingness and ability to participate

Key Stakeholder interviews:


* Prefers to speak in Bengali, French, Spanish, Mandarin, or Polish
* 18 years of age or older
* Patient seen for ambulatory care preventive visit at one of the 4 study locations, caregiver of a pediatric patient seen for ambulatory care preventive visit at one of the 4 study locations OR a community member referred by a CBO
* Willingness and ability to participate


* Work at one of the 4 NYC H+H study locations that does language access related work or communicates with patients that prefer to speak a language other than English regularly.
* Leadership (e.g., chief medical officer, Department Director, etc.), provider (Physician, Nurse, Resident), or staff (Interpreter, language access coordinator, clerical staff) at the NYC H+H location
* 18 years of age or older
* Willingness and ability to participate


* CBO leadership (Director/Coordinator) or staff (Case manager, Patient navigator, etc.)
* 18 years of age or older
* Willingness and ability to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* Does not have a working phone number
* Uncorrected hearing impairment

Post-visit survey (Patients/Caregivers):

* Enrolled to key stakeholder interviews
* Does not have a working phone number

H+H EHR Reports (Patients):


Community survey (Community members):

• Does not have a regular doctor in the US.

Key Stakeholder interviews:


* Speaks English very well (non-LEP)
* Does not have a working phone number
* Uncorrected hearing impairment


* Does not have a working phone number
* Uncorrected hearing impairment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Department of Health and Human Services

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

NYU Langone Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Hsiang Yin, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NYU Langone Health

Locations

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Health + Hospitals Diagnostic/Treatment Centers

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Hsiang Yin, MD

Role: CONTACT

212-562-2821

Andy Weng Zheng

Role: CONTACT

212-562-2821

Other Identifiers

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22-01303

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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