By Youth, For Youth: Digital Supported Peer Navigation for Addressing Child Mental Health Care
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-99
SponsorUniversity of California, Riverside
About this trial
Despite significant progress in research, practice, and policy over the past few decades, many children and youth continue to experience poor mental health outcomes. With their unrivaled ability to reach youth, school-based services and primary care are ideal hubs to provide mental health, healthcare, social services, and prevention to youth and families who otherwise face barriers to care. Using Participatory Design and Community Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR) for app development, mobile technology is designed to optimize access to wellness resources. The proposed intervention is a model of care using technology and navigators for connecting youth ages 13-22 to mental health care and supports. The app is co-created with the community and supported by culturally responsive individuals called family and youth navigators, in schools and primary care clinics. Outcomes are measured using the cascade of care model.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Youth 13-22 enrolled in high school or participating primary care clinics, and their caregivers.
Disqualifiers
Those not meeting inclusion criteria
Trial design
Design model
Crossover
Treatments tested in this trial
Navigator Plus App Intervention
BehavioralNavigators will provide their usual care services and also be encouraged to use the Connected for Wellness (CFW) app during their usual activities with youth and caregivers at their site. The duration of this period (2, 3, or 4 years) will depend on the step period of the individual's site. All youth at the school or clinic site can use the CFW app on their own and through the app receive prevention strategies, psycho-education that destigmatizes mental health, encourages referrals to local resources as needed, and increases motivation to access care if needed.
Treatment groups
8,360 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Care as usualNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: ImplementationExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Proportion of youth referred to mental health services who initiate care.
Referral to and initiation of mental health services data will be obtained from electronic medical records.
Time frame
1 yearSecondary outcomes
1
Proportion of youth completing a mental health screening who are referred to care.
Mental health screening and referral to mental health services data will be obtained from electronic medical records.
Time frame
1 yearOther outcomes
1
Proportion of youth in school/clinic completing a mental health screening.
Mental health screening data will be obtained from electronic medical records.
Time frame
1 year2
Proportion of youth initiating mental health services who have 3 or more visits.
Mental health initiation and visit data will be obtained from electronic medical records.
Time frame
1 yearLocations
Sponsors and contacts
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University of California, Riverside
Lead sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Collaborator
University of California, Los Angeles
Collaborator
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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