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Community Support Worker Assistance for Poverty

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Research Sponsored by Queen's University

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 6 months,12 months

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Study Summary

This trial will test whether having a Community Support Worker to help low-income families with young children navigate the social service system leads to increased family income, reduced parenting stress and an improvement in their child's health.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for parents in Canada who struggle to make ends meet each month, have children under 3 years old attending regular primary care visits, and can give informed consent. It's not for families already getting navigation support, those without legal status in Canada, or with a child born prematurely or with certain health conditions.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if a Community Support Worker helping low-income families navigate social services improves family income, reduces parenting stress, and betters child health. The worker assists with tax filing and applying for benefits. The impact on healthcare use will also be evaluated.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention involves social support rather than medical treatment, traditional side effects are not applicable. However, there may be indirect effects such as changes in family dynamics or emotional responses to receiving assistance.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 6 months,12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~6 months,12 months

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

Parenting Stress Index- Short Form 4

Secondary outcome measures

Child Social- Emotional Development

Child general development

Household food security

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Community Support WorkerExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

structured review of participant income supports with a trained CSW, to identify financial needs and benefits for which the family is eligible, including assessment of income and food security, affordability of medications, housing and energy insecurity, and dental care. The visits will be conducted in person, by telephone or by videoconferencing, according to participant preference and to ensure adherence to COVID-19 pandemic-related criteria.

Group II: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention

There is no clear standard of care and potential for practice variation in clinician responses to identified social need. Based on the ethical imperative to provide some support to families who identify unmet social needs, the comparator group will receive Usual Care, defined as: Participants in both groups will receive a written summary of available resources.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Queen's UniversityLead Sponsor

365 Previous Clinical Trials

120,337 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Poverty

30 Patients Enrolled for Poverty

Media Library

Community Support Worker Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05091957 — N/A

Poverty Research Study Groups: Community Support Worker, Usual Care

Poverty Clinical Trial 2023: Community Support Worker Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05091957 — N/A

Community Support Worker 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05091957 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

How many participants are currently receiving treatment as part of this research project?

"Affirmative. According to clinicaltrials.gov, this medical experiment, which was first announced on May 17th 2022 is still looking for participants. Eighty patients need to be recruited across one research site."

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Is the age limit for participants in this experiment restricted to those under 70?

"This trial stipulates that the minimal age for participation is 1 day, while individuals must not exceed 3 years of age to be considered eligible."

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To whom does the eligibility criteria for this medical study apply?

"This medical trial seeks 80 infants and toddlers aged one day to 3 years that are currently receiving some form of intervention. Parents must be in attendance for a regular primary care visit, answer positively when asked about financial stress, provide consent and only the youngest child from each family will be enrolled (or if there has been a multiple birth then just one randomly selected infant)."

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Are there any vacancies for prospective participants in this trial?

"Absolutely. Information on clinicaltrials.gov reveals that this medical trial, which was published on May 17th 2022, is presently recruiting participants. 80 patients are being sought from one participating centre."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Connecting Families

Imaan Bayoumi 2022. "Connecting Families". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05091957.