Patient Navigators for Children's Community Mental Health Services in High Poverty Urban Communities

Part of paid clinical trials in Chicago, Illinois.

Sponsor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Study ID
NCT05294042
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Community Mental Health Services

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
N/A - 14 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Navigation — OTHER
    The intervention in this study is a model of navigation for families seeking services at the two mental health agencies collaborating on this study. Navigators will implement a model of navigation with caregivers focused on reducing logistical and attitudinal barriers to care.

Study Details

The purpose is to study a model of mental health navigation for African American and Latinx children (0-14 years) in high poverty urban communities focused on reducing key parental attitudinal barriers to care. Reducing persistent racial and ethnic disparities in children's mental health is a national priority and patient navigation is a highly promising approach that is rarely used in children's mental health services. The study will examine the effectiveness of paraprofessional (PP) navigators who have strong community knowledge and waitlist as usual condition (active wailt list \[AWL\]. The study will examine specific mechanisms of navigator effectiveness in children's mental health and compare an AWL to provide a rigorous test of the proposed mechanisms. The knowledge gained from this application may be important to reducing disparities and employing the workforce best suited to navigation in the community mental health system. Two community boards, one focused on identifying factors important to supporting navigators at the agencies (Implementation and Sustainability Community Board) will meet quarterly, and the other focused on implications for state and federal policy (Public Policy Board), will meet annually.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 3, 2022
Status verified
Feb 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2025
Completion
Feb 28, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
154 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Paraprofessional Navigation Condition
    Paraprofessional Navigators will implement a model of navigation with caregivers focused on reducing logistical and attitudinal barriers to care.
  • No Intervention: Wait-List as Usual
    Participants will be assigned as wait-list as usual (active wait list) at each agency.

Primary Outcome Measure

Initiation of services by caregiver [ Time Frame: Up to 18 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoIllinois60608
Leo Perez-Aquino, M.S.
[email protected]
312-996-5155
Viviana Uribe, B.A.
[email protected]
312-996-8951

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