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N/A N=329 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

A Randomized Trial of Effects of Parent Mentors on Insuring Minority Children

Uninsured Children Eligible for Medicaid or CHIP

Enrolled (actual)
329
Serious AEs
Results posted
Apr 2019
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Children With Health Insurance — 117; 78; 6; 36 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Parent Mentors (Behavioral)
Age
Pediatric, Adult
Sex
All
Sponsor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Primary completion
May 2016

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Number of Children With Health Insurance
117; 78; 6; 36
SECONDARY
Number of Days From Study Enrollment to Obtaining Coverage
62; 140
SECONDARY
Parental Satisfaction With the Process of Obtaining Coverage for Child
2; 13; 5; 10; 12; 17
SECONDARY
Intervention Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER)
53,838; 0; 5,195; 0; 1411.61; 0

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 improve, quality of well-child care is enhanced, thousands of dollars are saved per child, jobs are created, disparities are eliminated, and the intervention potentially could save our nation billions of dollars.

Eligibility Criteria

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).
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01264718). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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