Can community health workers help catch suicide risk in latinx youth?
NCT ID NCT06229223
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study tested a program that uses trained community health workers to help primary care clinics better screen and support Latinx teenagers at risk for suicide. The program included phone sessions with parents focusing on safety planning and education. Researchers measured how many teens were screened and how many completed the sessions to see if the approach is feasible.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- community health worker support program (PALOMA)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show a practical way to better identify and support Latinx youth at risk of suicide in primary care settings.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 76 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It focuses on feasibility, not on proving the program reduces suicide attempts.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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76 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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10 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Youth has history of suicidal ideation/behavior or non-suicidal self-harm and * Youth identifies as Latino/Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American and * Guardian(s) speaks Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * None
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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BMS at Yard 56
Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
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