Finances First: A Health Intervention in Low Income Single Mother Households

Creighton University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Financial Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Financial Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03035240

1011656-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this prospective, randomized, controlled three-year study is to compare the effect of a year-long financial education program versus usual care on health outcomes in single mother low income households.

Enrollment: 345 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Unmarried
• Currently employed
• Annual salary must be less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline
• Supporting at least one child at home
• Able to read and speak either English or Spanish

Exclusion criteria

• Currently abusing alcohol or recreational drugs
• Currently living in a domestic violence situation
• Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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345 participants in 2 patient groups

Financial Education Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Financial Education

No Financial Education Intervention

No Intervention group