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Family Navigator Plus for Foster Parents

Study Overview

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Description

The investigators have designed a 5-week Family Navigator Plus (FN+) educational program to support foster parents in better understanding their youth's mental health needs and in finding mental health services. The purpose of this interventional study is to assess the the program's acceptability (e.g., satisfaction, barriers to participation, and burden), utility (e.g., how useful foster parents found the program to be), and feasibility (e.g., number referred who meet eligibility, time to complete assessments, self-reported feasibility). The investigators hypothesize that our program will be acceptable, useful, and feasible for foster parents of youth with mental health needs.

Official Title

Building Capacity for Youth Mental Wellness: Feasibility and Acceptability for a Mental Health Family Navigator Model for Foster Parents

Quick Facts

Study Start:2025-07
Study Completion:2028-12-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06978959

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:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Foster parent of a youth between the ages of 6 to 17 with mental health needs
  2. * Living in Illinois, United States
  3. * English or Spanish speaking
  4. * Has access to internet and videoconferencing
  1. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  2. Severe psychiatric disorders
  3. Active substance abuse
  4. Unstable medical conditions
  5. Inability to comply with study requirements

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Heather J Risser, PhD
CONTACT
312-848-3019
heather.risser@northwestern.edu
Christina L Boisseau, PhD
CONTACT
804-332-1627
christina.boisseau@northwestern.edu

Principal Investigator

Heather J Risser, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Northwestern University

Study Locations (Sites)

Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Northwestern University

  • Heather J Risser, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Northwestern University

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2025-07
Study Completion Date2028-12-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2025-07
Study Completion Date2028-12-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • foster parents
  • family navigator
  • psychoeducation

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Intervention