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NCT Number: NCT00397644

Assisting Low-Income Families at Pediatric Well-Child Care Visits

The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact and feasibility of a practice-based intervention on the discussion and referral of family psychosocial topics at well-child care visits at a medical home for low-income children.

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Key information

Conditions

Low-income Children's Well-child Care Visit

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Harriet Lane Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

About this study

Many low-income families have family psychosocial problems such as unemployment, housing difficulties, and food insecurity. Pediatric guidelines that pediatricians should be discussing and assisting these families. However, to date few routine do. The primary hypotheses for this study is that the WE CARE (Well-child care visit, Evaluation, Community resources, Advocacy, Referral, Education)intervention would increase the discussion and referral rates for family psychosocial problems at well-child care visits.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Caregivers of children aged 2 months to 10 years who present for well-child care visit at a pediatric clinic

Exclusion criteria

  • Non-English speaking
  • Foster parents
  • Previously enrolled parent
  • No access to telephone

Treatment and study plan

Prompting (survey instrument/resources list) (behavior)

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Discussion of family psychosocial problem

  2. Referral of family psychosocial problem

  3. Contacting community resources

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Other

Collaborators

  • The Commonwealth Fund

Registry information

Official study title

Enhancing a Medical Home for Vulnerable Children by Addressing Family Psychosocial Problems at Well-Child Care Visits: THE WE CARE Project

Important dates

Study start
2006
Study completion
2006
First posted
Nov 9, 2006
Registry last updated
Nov 1, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.