Status:
COMPLETED
A Randomized Trial of Effects of Parent Mentors on Insuring Minority Children
Lead Sponsor:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Conditions:
Uninsured Children Eligible for Medicaid or CHIP
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 18 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The Kids' HELP trial rigorously documented that a Parent Mentor intervention results in multiple benefits: more children are insured faster, children's access to healthcare and parental satisfaction i...
Detailed Description
Background: Six million US children are uninsured, despite two-thirds being eligible for Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and minority children are at especially high risk. The mos...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- The parent/guardian is a primary caretaker of a least one child 0-18 years old who currently has no health insurance
- The parent/guardian self-identifies the uninsured child as Hispanic/Latino, African-American/Black, or both
- The uninsured child is eligible for either Medicaid or CHIP
- The parent/guardian is willing to be contacted monthly by telephone, or in the form of a home visit (if no functioning telephone is present in the household).
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 31 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
329 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01264718
Start Date
December 1 2010
End Date
May 31 2016
Last Update
April 19 2019
Active Locations (2)
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1
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106
2
UT Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390