Using Telehealth to Deliver Mental Health Services in Primary Care Settings for Children in Underserved Areas

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Conditions studied: Developmental, Behavioral and Mental Health, Adhd, Depression, Anxiety, Developmental Delay, Autism, Behavioral Problems

In brief

In partnership with a multi-site, Los Angeles-area community clinic consortium, North East Valley Health Corporation (NEVHC), the investigators will use telehealth to integrate pediatric developmental, behavioral and mental health (DB/MH) services into primary care for low-income, publicly insured children. During Project Year 1, the investigators used qualitative methods to conduct and analyze interviews with parents, clinicians, and staff at NEVHC to assess their perspectives on the delivery of child DB/MH services and on a potential telehealth-based patient visit, coordination, and clinician education system for the provision of DB/MH specialty care in primary care settings to children ages 5-12. This data was used in a stakeholder-engaged process to customize a telehealth-based delivery system for pediatric DB/MH services that can be integrated into primary care settings. During Project Years 2-3, the investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) to compare the customized telehealth-based patient visit, coordination, and clinician education system to the usual in-person, community- based referral system at NEVHC. This study will examine whether a telehealth developmental, behavioral and mental health delivery model can be an effective, efficient, and family-centered way to provide integrated DB/MH services to children in low-income communities.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02396576

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

359

Starts

2015-04-07

Expected to finish

2017-06-15

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Parent or guardian with child between the ages of 5 to 12
• Must speak English or Spanish
• Child has been referred by primary care doctor for mental health or developmental behavioral services

You may not qualify if…

• Parent /Guardian under 18 years of age
• Parent employed by Northeast Valley Health Corporation

Where it is running

• Northeast Valley Health Corporation- Canoga Park — Canoga Park, California, United States
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation- Pacoima — Pacoima, California, United States
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation- San Fernando — San Fernando, California, United States
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation- Santa Clarita — Santa Clarita, California, United States
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation- Valencia — Valencia, California, United States
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation- Van Nuys — Van Nuys, California, United States

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