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A Randomized Trial of Effects of Parent Mentors on Insuring Minority Children

NCT01264718 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 329

Last updated 2019-04-19

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Summary

The Kids' HELP trial rigorously documented that a Parent Mentor intervention results in multiple benefits: more children are insured faster, children's access to healthcare and parental satisfaction improve, quality of well-child care is enhanced, thousands of dollars are saved per child, jobs are created, disparities are eliminated, and the intervention potentially could save our nation billions of dollars.

Conditions

  • Uninsured Children Eligible for Medicaid or CHIP

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Mentors

After random assignment to the Parent Mentor group, minority low-income parents of Medicaid/CHIP eligible children met with Parent Mentors to receive instruction and help on completing, submitting applications for, and maintaining Medicaid/CHIP coverage for their child.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Glenn Flores, M.D. · Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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