Expediting Access to Services for Equity

Description

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.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Study overview

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.

Expediting Enrollment Into Autism-specific Intervention for Black Toddlers: A Telehealth-based Family Navigation Approach

Expediting Access to Services for Equity

Condition
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Carrboro

Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Carrboro, North Carolina, United States, 27510

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 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.
  • * 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.

Ages Eligible for Study

1 Year to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,

Kelly Caravella, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UNC

Study Record Dates

2027-12-31