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2024-05-06 @ 6:45 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 2:54 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT05778578
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2024-02-28
First Post:
2023-02-27
Brief Title:
Universal Basic Income and Structural Racism in the US South
Sponsor:
University of Arkansas
Organization:
University of Arkansas
Study Overview
Official Title:
Universal Basic Income and Structural Racism in the US South Differences in Health Service Utilization Between Older African American Men with and Without Experiences of Recent Incarceration
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-02
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
This Stage 3 efficacy study aims to address the critical need for interventions that increase access to appropriate community-based healthcare services especially for those who have a history of incarceration and inform health policy by testing an intervention that directly reduces the racial income gap by providing a universal basic income UBI UBI is intended to promote and protect Black mens health through the influx of capital and subsequent increases in culturally-based protective factors such as personal agency and social connections Participants will be split into 2 groups the control and the intervention Participants in the intervention group will be provided UBI of 500 per month for 6 months to increase healthcare utilization among chronically-ill low-income Black men
Detailed Description:
Structural racism and discrimination SRD are complex and drive racial inequities SRD has sustained racial health disparities in the United States driven disproportionate incarceration risk among Black men and systematically restricted minority populations from health wealth and prosperity As a result diminished income earning ability for generations of Black people has led to economic devastation and poor health Importantly older and aging Black men continue to earn less than their White counterparts and the income gap is continuing to widen Even when accounting for education research has shown that the rising wage gap is attributable to workforce experience and opportunity hiring and wage discrimination and incarceration Difficulty attaining prevailing wages among older Black men affects family stability the ability for communities to thrive and population health Geography place and proximity to capital and markets are underlying drivers of health behavior and healthcare access As a result older and aging Black men in particular have demonstrated one of the strongest epidemiologic relationships between low socioeconomic status residence in communities with endemic poverty and chronic disease The proposed Stage 3 efficacy study aims to test a novel intervention that directly reduces the racial income gap by providing a universal basic income UBI UBI is intended to promote and protect Black mens health through the influx of capital and subsequent increases in personal agency and social connections We hypothesize that providing UBI of 500 per month for six months will result in increased healthcare utilization among chronically-ill older and aging low-income Black men Secondarily we hypothesize that the effect of UBI will depend on whether an individual has a recent history of incarceration such that no incarceration history combined with UBI ill demonstrate the best study outcomes
Empirical research examining UBI among older Black men and its capacity to overturn SRD are lacking in the extant literature Much of the health disparities research intended to inform health and economic policy originated from limited perspectives of older and aging Black men Dr WEB Du Bois said in The Souls of Black Folk that for Black people discouragement is an unwritten word This study draws on that inspiration as it ultimately seeks to fundamentally overturn the economic oppression and brutality that has defined the Black experience for generations
Empirical research examining UBI among older Black men and its capacity to overturn SRD are lacking in the extant literature Much of the health disparities research intended to inform health and economic policy originated from limited perspectives of older and aging Black men Dr WEB Du Bois said in The Souls of Black Folk that for Black people discouragement is an unwritten word This study draws on that inspiration as it ultimately seeks to fundamentally overturn the economic oppression and brutality that has defined the Black experience for generations
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None