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Patient Navigators for Community Mental Health Services

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Recruiting

Led By Tara Mehta, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Illinois at Chicago

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is studying two types of patient navigators to help reduce barriers to mental health care for African American and Latinx children in high poverty urban communities.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for African American and Latinx children aged 5-12 in high poverty urban areas, along with their caregivers. They must be new referrals on the waitlist for outpatient mental health services and screened as appropriate for services at participating community agencies.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests a mental health navigation model to reduce parental barriers to care. It compares paraprofessional navigators familiar with the community against formally trained case manager navigators, plus a control group on a waitlist.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves service-based interventions rather than medications, traditional side effects are not applicable. However, there may be emotional or psychological impacts from participation that will be monitored.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Attendance in services

Change from Baseline Barriers to Treatment Participation at 6,12, and 18 months

Change from Baseline Family Empowerment at 6, 12, and 18 months

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Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Paraprofessional Navigation ConditionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Paraprofessional Navigators will implement a model of navigation with caregivers focused on reducing logistical and attitudinal barriers to care.

Group II: Case Manager Navigation ConditionActive Control1 Intervention

Case Manager Navigators will implement a model of navigation with caregivers focused on reducing logistical and attitudinal barriers to care.

Group III: Wait-List as UsualActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will be assigned as wait-list as usual at each agency.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Illinois at ChicagoLead Sponsor

607 Previous Clinical Trials

1,558,689 Total Patients Enrolled

Tara Mehta, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Media Library

Patient Navigators Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05294042 — N/A

Community Mental Health Services Research Study Groups: Paraprofessional Navigation Condition, Case Manager Navigation Condition, Wait-List as Usual

Community Mental Health Services Clinical Trial 2023: Patient Navigators Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05294042 — N/A

Patient Navigators 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05294042 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is the enrollment criteria for this experiment inclusive of elderly individuals aged 85 or above?

"This medical investigation is recruiting patients of school age, between 5 and 12 years old."

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Are there any current openings to join this clinical trial?

"Affirmative. Data available on clinicaltrials.gov confirms that this medical experiment, which was originally posted on March 3rd 2022, is still actively recruiting. 666 prospective candidates need to be sourced from 1 centre of care."

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What is the highest amount of participants this clinical trial can accommodate?

"Affirmative. The information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov demonstrates that the medical trial was opened to enrollment on March 3rd 2022 and is currently searching for 666 patients from 1 site."

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Is participation in this trial available for me?

"This research endeavour aims to recruit 666 African American and Latinx children between 5 and 12 years of age, along with their respective caregivers. It is also necessary that these patients have already completed a screening at one of two participating social service community mental health agencies, in addition to being on the waitlist for outpatient mental health services."

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Recent research and studies

Journal of Child Health CareJournal

An Innovative Health-care Delivery Model for Children with Medical Complexity

Glassgow, Anne Elizabeth, Molly A Martin, Rachel Caskey, Melishia Bansa, Michael Gerges, Mary Johnson, Monika Marko, et al.. 2017. “An Innovative Health-care Delivery Model for Children with Medical Complexity”. Journal of Child Health Care. SAGE Publications. doi:10.1177/1367493517712063.

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services ResearchJournal

Mobilizing Community Health Workers to Address Mental Health Disparities for Underserved Populations: A Systematic Review

Barnett, Miya L., Araceli Gonzalez, Jeanne Miranda, Denise A. Chavira, and Anna S. Lau. 2017. “Mobilizing Community Health Workers to Address Mental Health Disparities for Underserved Populations: A Systematic Review”. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s10488-017-0815-0.

Health & Social Care in the CommunityJournal

Barriers to Healthcare Access in a Non-elderly Urban Poor American Population

Ahmed, Syed M., Jeanne P. Lemkau, Nichol Nealeigh, and Barbara Mann. 2001. “Barriers to Healthcare Access in a Non-elderly Urban Poor American Population”. Health & Social Care in the Community. Wiley. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2524.2001.00318.x.

American Journal of Community PsychologyJournal