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N/A N=937 Randomized Health Services Research

Well-Child Care Clinical Practice Redesign: A Parent Coach-Led Model of Care

Preventive Health Services · Health Promotion

Enrolled (actual)
937
Serious AEs
0.1%
Results posted
Jun 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Receipt of Preventive Care Services: Anticipatory Guidance Topics Received by Parent Report at Well Visits — 73.9; 63.3 score on a scale

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Parent Coach (Other)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Seattle Children's Hospital
Primary completion
Jul 2022

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Receipt of Preventive Care Services: Anticipatory Guidance Topics Received by Parent Report at Well Visits
73.9; 63.3
PRIMARY
Healthcare Utilization: Emergency Department Utilization
140; 147
SECONDARY
Clinician Time With Parent During the Well-Child Care (WCC) Visit, From Observations of Well Child Care Visit
SECONDARY
Receipt of Preventive Care Services: Psychosocial Screening Received by Parent Report at Well Visits
253; 203
SECONDARY
Receipt of Preventive Care Services: Developmental Concerns Addressed and Screening Received by Parent Report at Well Visits.
305; 292; 310; 332
SECONDARY
Healthcare Utilization: Hospitalizations
12; 9
SECONDARY
Healthcare Utilization: Well Child Care Visits Up to Date
309; 295
SECONDARY
Experiences of Care: Helpfulness of Care Assessment by Parent Report
77.8; 69.8
SECONDARY
Experiences of Care: Family Centeredness of Care- Whether it Was Received by Parent Report
89.0; 85.5

Summary

Parent-focused Redesign for Encounters, Newborns to Toddlers (PARENT) is a team-based approach to care using a health educator ("Parent Coach") to provide the bulk of WCC services, address specific needs faced by families in low-income communities, and decrease reliance on the clinician as the primary provider of WCC services. The Parent Coach provides anticipatory guidance, psychosocial and social needs screening/referral, and developmental and behavioral surveillance, screening, and guidance at each WCC visit, and is supported by parent-focused pre-visit screening and visit prioritization, a brief, problem-focused clinician encounter for a physical exam and any concerns that require a clinician's attention, and an automated text message parent reminder and education service for periodic, age-specific messages to reinforce key health-related information recommended by Bright Futures national guidelines. The investigators will conduct a cluster RCT of PARENT to determine its effects on quality, utilization, and clinician efficiency, and its cost/cost-offset.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Parent/legal guardian-Child dyad attending well child check-up visits for a 2-week to 12- month WCC visit.
  • Parent is English or Spanish proficient
  • For multiple gestations, one infant will be randomly selected as the index child. Infants with special health care needs will not be excluded from the study, since these children generally need the same recommended preventive care services.

Exclusion Criteria

  • More than one child attending Well-Child Care
  • Legal guardian of child is under 18 years of age
  • Parents who are employed by one of the federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs)
  • Parents/legal guardian not planning to continue receiving well child care services at this clinic for their child in the next 12 months
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03797898). 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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