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Patient Navigators for Community Mental Health Services

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Recruiting
Led By Tara Mehta, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Illinois at Chicago
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial is studying two types of patient navigators to help reduce barriers to mental health care for African American and Latinx children in high poverty urban communities.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for African American and Latinx children aged 5-12 in high poverty urban areas, along with their caregivers. They must be new referrals on the waitlist for outpatient mental health services and screened as appropriate for services at participating community agencies.
What is being tested?
The study tests a mental health navigation model to reduce parental barriers to care. It compares paraprofessional navigators familiar with the community against formally trained case manager navigators, plus a control group on a waitlist.
What are the potential side effects?
Since this trial involves service-based interventions rather than medications, traditional side effects are not applicable. However, there may be emotional or psychological impacts from participation that will be monitored.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Attendance in services
Change from Baseline Barriers to Treatment Participation at 6,12, and 18 months
Change from Baseline Family Empowerment at 6, 12, and 18 months
+10 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Paraprofessional Navigation ConditionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Paraprofessional Navigators will implement a model of navigation with caregivers focused on reducing logistical and attitudinal barriers to care.
Group II: Case Manager Navigation ConditionActive Control1 Intervention
Case Manager Navigators will implement a model of navigation with caregivers focused on reducing logistical and attitudinal barriers to care.
Group III: Wait-List as UsualActive Control1 Intervention
Participants will be assigned as wait-list as usual at each agency.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Illinois at ChicagoLead Sponsor
639 Previous Clinical Trials
1,568,470 Total Patients Enrolled
Tara Mehta, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Media Library

Patient Navigators Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05294042 — N/A
Community Mental Health Services Research Study Groups: Paraprofessional Navigation Condition, Case Manager Navigation Condition, Wait-List as Usual
Community Mental Health Services Clinical Trial 2023: Patient Navigators Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05294042 — N/A
Patient Navigators 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05294042 — N/A
~120 spots leftby Jun 2025