Clean Beauty in Newark, NJ

NCT ID: NCT07216898

Last Updated: 2025-10-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-11-01

Study Completion Date

2026-11-01

Brief Summary

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Every day, consumers use personal care products containing thousands of manmade chemicals. Growing evidence suggests that personal care products specifically marketed to Black women (e.g., hair straighteners and oils, skin lighteners) often contain potentially hazardous chemicals that can interfere with hormones or increase cancer risks. This research focuses on how the investigators can educate and activate community members in Newark, NJ to reduce disparities in exposures occurring through hair products. Leveraging educational clean beauty events hosted by collaborators at Clean Water Action, the investigators will administer surveys on hair product use and attitudes immediately before and after a clean beauty educational intervention. Participants will also complete surveys 3 months post-event to examine any changes in attitudes or behaviors around hair products and their use and safety.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will evaluate hair product perceptions, knowledge, and use among community members before and after an educational intervention. At the beginning of Clean Beauty events hosted by Clean Water Action, the investigators will collect survey data on hair product use as well as knowledge and perceptions around product safety from attendees. The investigators will administer a post-workshop survey to evaluate changes in knowledge and perceptions from pre- to post-workshop. Three months after the workshop, the investigators will distribute a follow-up survey to examine whether the intervention had sustained impacts on hair product perceptions, knowledge, or use.

Conditions

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Health Disparities Education

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Clean Beauty Event Attendees

Participants in clean beauty events will be educated on the risks of toxic chemicals in personal care products and safer alternatives. They will be invited to provide information on their personal care product use and buying habits immediately before and after the educational events. Three months after the events, participants will complete surveys on any sustained changes in product use behaviors.

Chemical Exposure Prevention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education on potential toxic chemicals found within personal care products and safer alternatives during community-engaged clean beauty events.

Interventions

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Chemical Exposure Prevention

Education on potential toxic chemicals found within personal care products and safer alternatives during community-engaged clean beauty events.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Attendees of clean beauty events hosted by Clean Water Action, age 18 and older

Exclusion Criteria

* Not applicable
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emily S. Barrett, PhD

Vice Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Emily Barrett, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Rutgers School of Public Health

Locations

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Weequahic Park

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Emily Barrett, PhD

Role: CONTACT

848- 445-0197

Facility Contacts

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X Braithwaite, PhD

Role: primary

973-262-1946

Emily Barrett, PhD

Role: backup

848-445-0197

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Other Identifiers

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P30ES005022

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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Pro2025001147

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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