Mobilizing Community Networks to Optimize Child Well-being
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Social Isolation
In brief
Caregiver social isolation adversely impacts child health and developmental outcomes; it also contributes to suboptimal engagement in health care services and enrichment resources, which also elevate risk for poor outcomes in childhood. The proposed pilot intervention aims to reduce social isolation and promote engagement in health promoting enrichment and activities, by embedding a community health worker assisted forum in a community-driven mobile communications (using a platform supported by the company txtwire). The investigators propose a two-arm, pilot study enrolling 100 parents of children age 0-5 years old who reside in the Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan neighborhoods of Boston. Participants will be recruited from Boston Medical Center and community sites in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. The investigators will use quality improvement methods to improve the utilization of the mobile communications shared through txtwire to build collective efficacy for children and social support and engagement that will optimize family resiliency and thereby promote child well-being, as well as, assess the acceptability of the intervention, and logistics of the field implementation to ultimately inform an appropriately powered RCT. Participants will receive compensation for participation at baseline and follow-up interviews. The intent of this study is to support developement of mobile social communications to reduce social isolation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02622399
- Run by
- Boston Medical Center
- People needed
- 98
- Starts
- 2015-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-08-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Must be a parent or primary caregiver for child five years or younger
- Participant has a smart phone that is text message and web enabled
- Participant resides in the Dorchester, Mattapan, or Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston, within the 02119, 02121, 02122, 02124, 02125, 02126 zip codes
- Fluent in English language
- Able to participate in English.
You may not qualify if…
- Does not have a smart phone or the ability to navigate a mobile application
- Participant does not reside Dorchester, Mattapan, or Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston, within the 02119, 02121, 02122, 02124, 02125, 02126 zip codes
- Not identified as a parent or caregiver of a child age five years old or younger
- Not identified as a parent or caregiver of a child age five years old or younger
Where it is running
- Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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