Targeted Inpatient Navigation to Improve Care for Minority Children and Families (TNav)

Seattle Children's Healthcare System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hospitalized Children

Treatments: Behavioral: Family Bridge Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03599674

STUDY00000852

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal of this research is to evaluate a new program designed to address basic human needs, create a safe and supportive environment for families, and help families build skills and confidence for navigating the health care system.

Specifically, we aim to pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of the Targeted Inpatient Navigation (TNav) program for families of low income, minority hospitalized children.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Caregiver ≥18 years of age, with a hospitalized child <18 years old
• Preferred language of English, Spanish and Somali
• child with Medicaid insurance or no insurance
• child with self-reported (or parent-reported) minority race/ethnicity
• within 3 days of admission/ transfer to the medical unit on a general medicine service of a resident team

Exclusion criteria

• Admission for suspected child abuse
• Involvement of Child Protective Services at time of admission
• Admission for primary mental health condition, including intentional ingestion and eating disorder
• Family already enrolled in longer-term navigation services

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 1 patient group

Family Bridge Program

Experimental group

Description:

Families receive Family Bridge Program services which include orientation to the hospital, concrete needs assessment, communication preferences assessment, communication coaching, follow-up during the hospital stay, and a follow-up phone call after discharge.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Family Bridge Program