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Well-Child Care Redesign: A New Model of Care for Children in Low-Income Families

NCT02262962 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 251

Last updated 2016-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research is to design and test a new model for delivery of well-child care (WCC) for children ages 0-3 years in a sample of low-income parents. The investigators used an innovative expert panel and community advisory board process to develop this new model for the delivery of WCC to low-income families in partnership with our partner community pediatric practices. The new model of care utilizes a trained health educator, or "Parent Coach" at every well-visit from 0-3 years of age. The Parent Coach provides a range of services, including health education and guidance, developmental screening, and psychosocial screening and services. The Parent Coach works with the Primary Care Physician to ensure that the family's needs are met for that well-visit. As a part of this new model for well-child care, the parent also uses a web-based tool to help prioritize needs for the visit and complete any necessary pre-visit screening. Parents receive additional education and guidance from a text message service and have access to the Parent Coach outside of the visit.

The randomized controlled trial (RCT) of this new model of care will include 250 families who will be enrolled at participating clinics if the child is under 1 year of age. Parents will receive the intervention for 12 months and will complete surveys to collect data on their experiences of care. Our hypothesis is that this new model of care will be more patient-centered and more effective in providing recommended preventive care services than usual care, and that it will be a sustainable and feasible model for the partner practices.

Conditions

  • Preventive Health Services
  • Health Promotion

Interventions

OTHER

Redesigned Well-Child Care

The Well-Child Visits will be enhanced using a newly-designed model of care. Parents will have access to Parent Coach during child's routine well visits, Well Baby Help Line, Well-Visit Planner, and HealthyTxt Messaging service.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

    collaborator FED

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tumaini Coker, MD/MBA · UCLA Department of General Pediatrics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-01-31

Countries

  • United States

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