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Head Start Family Navigator Intervention

NCT03499405 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2018-07-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Headstart (HS) is an early childhood education program for low-income children. Preliminary analyses of Hamilton County HS preschoolers with developmental concerns identified 26% with "severe concern" necessitating developmental testing, and only 47% followed-through when some developmental concern was identified. Those less likely to follow-through were African American or Hispanic, lived in larger families, or had asthma. Cultural and economic factors are known barriers to earlier diagnosis of children with developmental disabilities (DD) among African American, Hispanic and low-income children. Given that HS children are low-income and culturally diverse, preschoolers are likely to face barriers to early identification of DD and subsequently kindergarten readiness. Patient navigator programs are effective interventions for vulnerable populations to improve health care access, increase treatment adherence, enhance trust in health care systems, and reduce health care costs. A family (FN) intervention that is culturally-adapted to promote caregiver follow-through, and undergirded by HS's mission of kindergarten success may effectively increase caregiver adherence to developmental testing. The goal of this study is to develop and pilot test a FN intervention in HS that is executed by peer-to-peer navigators to improve adherence with developmental testing in high-risk preschoolers.

Conditions

  • Developmental Delay

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family Navigator Intervention

Caregivers will be paired with a culturally matched family navigator.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Office of Head Start

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-01
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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