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The Financial Navigator Program

ConditionFinancial Hardship
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorThe Hospital for Sick Children

About this trial

Over one third of caregivers with a child admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) reported having difficulty making ends meet. The SickKids Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP) working group conducted in-depth interviews exploring financial needs and supports with selected caregivers in the Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-up Program (NNFU). Results identified financial stress (including difficulties with employment, high cost of living, poverty, food insecurity, inaccessible supports, benefit time lines, costs of therapy) as a major theme. Caregivers generally supported the idea of hospital-based financial services. In this feasibility study we will trial a Financial Navigator Program in the NNFU.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Caregivers with a child followed in the NNFU in SickKids will be invited to participate in our study.

Caregiver needs to attend 4-month NNFU appointment.

Disqualifiers

There are no exclusion criteria.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Financial Navigator

    Other intervention

    Intervention: "Access to a Financial Navigator" We anticipate the Financial Navigator will meet at least 2 times and up to 2 additional visits, at a time convenient for the family. Examples of financial services that will likely be offered by the Financial Navigator are tax filing, applying for benefits and financial counseling. The program will be flexible and family centered. Families can choose if they would like to meet the Financial Navigator in person at the NNFU appointment, during another medical appointment, or at another time during a virtual visit. The Financial Navigator will be integrated into the existing SickKids Resource Navigation Service. At the 18-month NNFU visit the study will be completed.

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Financial Navigator InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Feasibility; Measured with validated questionnaire including; Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM), Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM), and Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM).

Validated Questionnaires (Weiner et al, 2017)

Time frame
14 months
2

Demand

Demand will be evaluated by calculating the percentage of families that provided consent and the number of appointments per family with the Financial Navigator.

Time frame
14 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Parenting Stress Index (PSI-Short Form)

Validated Questionnaire

Time frame
14 months
2

Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales (DASS)

Validated Questionnaire

Time frame
14 months
3

Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)

ASQ 4 months and ASQ 18 month version

Time frame
14 months
4

Economic outcomes

Standardized report: include tax filing, receipt of social assistance, Canada Tax Benefit and provincial tax benefit take up, parental leave benefits uptake, and reported uptake of other financial supports

Time frame
14 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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The Hospital for Sick Children

Lead sponsor

Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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