Mental Health Navigation for Foster Care Youth
(FCFN Trial)
Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?
This study will focus on developing and testing a family-based mental health navigator intervention, the Foster Care Family Navigator (FCFN), to evaluate whether the intervention combined with mHealth would be efficacious in improving mental health service initiation and engagement for child welfare-involved youth.
Research Team
Marina Tolou-Shams, Ph.D
Principal Investigator
UC San Francisco
Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for English-speaking youth aged 12-17 who are involved in the San Francisco child welfare system and have a caregiver able to give consent. Participants must be open to services from SF DPH Foster Care Mental Health Clinic and have mobile phone access. Those without an English-speaking ability or with caregivers unable to consent due to impairment are excluded.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Wait-list Period
Participants receive standard of care engagement practices and services-as-usual
Treatment
Family-based navigator intervention combined with mHealth practices to improve mental health treatment initiation and engagement
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for mental health service initiation and engagement post-treatment
Treatment Details
Interventions
- Family-based mental health navigation
- Standard of care engagement practices
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of California, San Francisco
Lead Sponsor
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborator