Navigation and Parent Peer Support to Promote Access

Summary

Nearly one in five children in the United States has a mental health problem that interferes with daily functioning and requires intervention, and yet less than 50% of children who need mental health care receive any services. Families and especially from low-income and ethnically diverse backgrounds, experience a range of barriers to engaging in services for their children including: lack of recognition of problems and knowledge of available treatments, connecting to services, trust in providers, stigma; low income and ethnically diverse populations are especially affected by these barriers. In this work, the investigators propose to carry out initial testing of a research- and theory-based model of Parent Peer Navigation services to help engage families with children with significant but pre-clinical problems in mental health services in order to prevent future poorer outcomes for children, who otherwise may never receive services, or only receive services when their mental health issues become severely debilitating for themselves and their family.

Conditions

• Mental Disorder, Child
• Mental Health
• Family Health

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Peer Navigation

Parent Peer Navigation (PPN) is implemented by trained providers with lived experience, who are supported by training and coaching protocols. The role of PPN provider is to engage caregivers in necessary treatment for their children and prepare them to independently navigate the child serving system, community-based resources, and ongoing opportunities for support. PPN providers will support families who are just entering he child-serving systems for 6 months on a weekly basis during which they will: help link families with formal and informal supports; instill confidence and coping skills; assist in the development of goals and crisis plans; and serve as an advocate for resolution of issues. Also, the PPN provider helps the family to learn to navigate systems and advocate for their needs, prepares families for meetings and treatment sessions, helps identify ways for parents to practice self-care; and promotes family choice and shared decision making.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Washington

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pittsburgh

  collaborator OTHER

• Uplift Wyoming

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Allegheny Family Network

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Family-Run Executive Director Leadership Association

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Oregon Family Support Network

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Colorado, Denver

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Bruno J. Anthony, PhD · University of Colorado, Denver

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

1 Year

Max Age

99 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-02-18

Primary Completion

2022-12-31

Completion

2023-03-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations