Family Partner Navigation for Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Health Behavior

In brief

Family Navigation (FN), an evidence-based care management strategy which is a promising intervention to help low income and minority families access timely mental health services. Despite significant evidence supporting the effectiveness of FN, concerns exist about the ability to disseminate FN to a broad population due to inefficiency and cost. The proposed study employs an innovative research methodology, the Multiphase Optimization STrategy (MOST), a framework for developing highly efficacious, efficient, scalable, and cost-effective interventions. The investigators will conduct a randomized experiment to assess the individual components of FN and identify which components and component levels have greatest effect on access to, and engagement in, diagnostic and treatment services for children with mental health disorders. This information then guides assembly of an optimized FN model that achieves the primary outcomes with least resource consumption and participant burden

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03569449

Run by

Boston Medical Center

People needed

312

Starts

2019-06-24

Expected to finish

2024-06-21

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-26

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All children who are 3-12 years old:
• who screen positive on the Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children (SWYC) (3-5 years) OR
• who screen positive on the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) (6-12 years) OR
• whose parents indicate a behavioral health concern during any pediatric visit

You may not qualify if…

• Children who are already actively engaged in behavioral health specialty care services, defined as having had a behavioral health visit in the last 30 days, who do not require new additional services
• Children with active psychosis
• Children with safety concerns requiring emergency mental health services.

Where it is running

• DotHouse Health — Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States

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