Expediting Access to Services for Equity
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Autism Spectrum Disorder
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether telehealth-based Family Navigation (FN) expedites enrollment (e.g., reduces time in days) in community-based autism intervention for Black toddlers under the age of 4 after their initial diagnosis of autism. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does Family Navigation decrease the time to initiation of intervention for Black toddlers with autism? Does Family Navigation improve developmental outcomes at 18 months post-diagnosis of autism? Does Family Navigation improve caregiver well-being? Caregivers in the Family Navigation condition will receive 4 research-based individual sessions with a trained navigator to support them in identifying and enrolling in recommended autism early intervention services. All navigation sessions will be delivered virtually via phone/Zoom. Researchers will compare participants who receive family navigation to participants who receive the standard of care (educational materials) to see if family navigation outperforms the standard of care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06291246
- Run by
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- People needed
- 33
- Starts
- 2024-11-19
- Expected to finish
- 2025-07-07
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-10
Who can join
Age: 1 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children up to 48 months who have a new diagnosis of autism, or who are waiting for a diagnosis of autism AND their caregiver.
- Live in Georgia or North Carolina
- Caregiver must be over the age of 18
- Their child with autism must identify as Black/African-American
- Speak conversationally fluent English.
You may not qualify if…
- No access to a telephone or internet connection for phone calls or video conferencing.
- Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is ruled out in the child.
Where it is running
- Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities — Carrboro, North Carolina, United States
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