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Addressing Low-Income Families' Basic Social Needs at Pediatric Visits: the WE CARE Project
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Boston |
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Massachusetts |
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02118 |
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The Focus of This Study is to Address Low-income Families' Basic Social Needs at Pediatric Visits. |
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This research project is aimed to address low-income families' basic social needs (housing,
food, employment, education, childcare, utilities) within the context of pediatric primary
care. This project builds upon the PI's prior study at Hopkins which demonstrated a positive
impact of a similar intervention on pediatric residents' screening and referral to community
agencies. This study will specifically test whether a further strengthened
intervention--Basic Needs Surveillance (BNS) protocol-- can lead to greater maternal
enrollment in community resources and receipt of eligible benefits. In addition, we will
measure the intervention's impact on maternal well-being, and compliance with well-child
care (WCC) visits.
The project will take place at eight community health centers in the Greater Boston Area.
The centers will be randomized to either an intervention or control site. Mothers who bring
their infant in for a WCC visit from birth to 6 months will be eligible. They will be
followed until their child is one year of age. Study subjects will complete two
self-administered surveys (baseline, follow-up), and one brief telephone interview (when
their infant is 9 months old). Pediatric providers will also be subjects; and will fill out
a demographic questionnaire at the time of enrollment.
The BNS intervention will consist of 4 components: 1) WE CARE survey which mothers will fill
out in the waiting room prior to their child's WCC visits; 2) Family Resource book
containing 1-page information sheets on resources, that providers will have access to in
exam rooms; 3) a Community Resource Coordinator who will assist families link to available
resources, and update providers; 4) Training Session which will provide a 1 hr overview of
the intervention to providers.
Families attending the control health centers will receive standard of care. Enrolled
mothers will be offered the intervention at the end of the 12-month follow-up interview.
When follow-up data collection is complete, the PI will offer the control sites the
opportunity to implement the BNS protocol.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Mothers (18 yrs or older) who bring their infant between the ages of birth and 6
months for a well-child care visit
- Medical providers who provide care to pediatric patients at the participating
community health centers
Exclusion Criteria:
- Foster parent
- Mothers who anticipate changing their infant's site for care
- Mothers who are non-English or non-Spanish speaking
- Infants with hx of prematurity (born before 32 weeks)
- Infants with chronic cardiac or respiratory diseases
- Previously enrolled mother
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NCT01303458 |
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Principal Investigator
Arvin Garg, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center
Arvin Garg, MD, MPH
Phone: 617-414-3817
Email: arvin.garg@bmc.org
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N/A |
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Boston, Massachusetts 02118
United States
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Site Status: Recruiting |
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ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Date Processed: |
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May 19, 2013 |
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