Health Equity and Rural Education (HERE!) Clinical Trial

Part of paid clinical trials in Kansas City, Kansas.

Sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Study ID
NCT06460116
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Behavioral Symptoms
  • Community Health Workers
  • Educational Problems
  • Social Determinants of Health

Eligibility Criteria

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

Interventions

  • School-Based Community Health Worker (SB-CHW) intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    The school-based community health worker will support students with chronic poor attendance and their parent/guardian for a minimum of two 30-minute encounters focused on addressing social determinants needs, understanding the range/student encounter varies greatly due to the intensity of the social need(s) (e.g., crisis/noncrisis) and the number of needs being jointly addressed. The SB-CHW will build relationships across encounters and apply trauma-informed best practices.
  • Enhanced Usual Care (EUC) Methods — BEHAVIORAL
    The network of school-based health centers without school-based community health workers will receive reminders of the the existing online social services directory.

Study Details

The goal of this community-engaged research is two-fold. The first goal is to gather stakeholder feedback to inform a school-based community health worker intervention with youth with poor school attendance and an enhanced usual care condition. The second goal is to evaluate the feasibility of implementing the school-based community health worker intervention and enhanced usual care approach within rural schools. The main question it aims to answer is whether it is feasibile to recruit children with poor school attendance and their families to the intervention, to complete the trauma-informed intervention, and to complete the associated study measures of meeting social determinants of health/mental health needs, school-based health center utilization, and behavioral helath symptoms. At least 38 rural students in grades 6-12 with poor school attendance and their parents/guardians will meet with the school-based community health worker for support around social determinants of health needs that may be barriers to attendance. Researchers will also assess the feasibility of recruiting at least 10 rural students and their parents/guardians to complete the study measures in an enhanced usual care condition in which the school-based health center without a school-based community health worker is reminded of the availability of an online social services directory.

Key Dates

Start date
May 15, 2026
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
126 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • No Intervention: Study Phase I: Stakeholder Interviews
    Phase I interviews with stakeholders (Community Advisory Board members, CHWs, community members, students Grade 6-12, \& parent stakeholders) will be completed to inform the school-based community health worker and the enhanced usual care conditions in the Phase 2 feasibility pilot.
  • Experimental: Study Phase II: School-based Community Health Worker Intervention
    The School-Based Community Health Worker (SB-CHW) intervention is the active intervention in the Phase II feasibility trial.
  • Active Comparator: Study Phase II: Enhanced Usual Care
    Enhanced usual care (EUC) is the comparator in the Phase II feasibility trial.

Primary Outcome Measure

School Based Health Services Utilization [ Time Frame: At study completion (an average of 10 months/1 school year) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansas66160-

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