RECRUITING

Patient Navigators for Children's Community Mental Health Services in High Poverty Urban Communities

Study Overview

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Description

The purpose is to study a model of mental health navigation for African American and Latinx children (0-14 years) in high poverty urban communities focused on reducing key parental attitudinal barriers to care. Reducing persistent racial and ethnic disparities in children's mental health is a national priority and patient navigation is a highly promising approach that is rarely used in children's mental health services. The study will examine the effectiveness of paraprofessional (PP) navigators who have strong community knowledge and waitlist as usual condition (active wailt list \[AWL\]. The study will examine specific mechanisms of navigator effectiveness in children's mental health and compare an AWL to provide a rigorous test of the proposed mechanisms. The knowledge gained from this application may be important to reducing disparities and employing the workforce best suited to navigation in the community mental health system. Two community boards, one focused on identifying factors important to supporting navigators at the agencies (Implementation and Sustainability Community Board) will meet quarterly, and the other focused on implications for state and federal policy (Public Policy Board), will meet annually.

Official Title

Patient Navigators for Children's Community Mental Health Services in High Poverty Urban Communities

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-03-03
Study Completion:2026-02-28
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05294042

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:0 Years to 14 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:CHILD
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * African American and Latinx Children between 0 and 14 years of age and their caregiver
  2. * New referrals on the waitlist for outpatient mental health services; families interested and engaged in social services from two state supported projects.
  3. * Have been screened and deemed appropriate for services at one of two social service participating community mental health agencies; or engaged in services via navigation projects
  1. * N/A

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Tara G Mehta, PhD
CONTACT
312-996-3910
tmehta@uic.edu

Principal Investigator

Tara Mehta, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Locations (Sites)

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60608
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Tara Mehta, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-03-03
Study Completion Date2026-02-28

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-03-03
Study Completion Date2026-02-28

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Child Mental Health Services
  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities
  • Urban Poverty
  • Navigation
  • Paraprofessional

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Community Mental Health Services