Navigator Support for Social Needs
(SNAK Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the best way to help families access social and economic support services in order to improve children's health for hospitalized children and their families/caregivers.
The main question it aims to answer is, does providing active assistance from navigators to connect families to social/economic resources lead to greater improvements in child global health compared to providing passive referrals to resources among hospitalized children?
All families will receive a tailored information sheet with referrals to community resources to address their social/economic needs and an introduction to how to search for resources using an online program. Researchers will compare families who receive these resources with families who also receive support from trained navigators, people with knowledge about local resources trained to connect families with resources. The study will examine whether the addition of navigator support improves families' access to services and children's health outcomes.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Matthew S Pantell, MD, MS
Principal Investigator
University of California, San Francisco
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for families of children who are currently hospitalized. There are no specific inclusion or exclusion criteria listed, so it appears open to all hospitalized kids and their caregivers interested in getting help with social or economic needs.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Trial Overview
The study compares two ways of helping families access community resources: one group gets information and referrals only, while the other also receives hands-on support from trained navigators who guide them through finding and using these services.
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Passive referral intervention activities plus assistance from social needs navigators
List of social resources and introduction of how to access and use Findhelp
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of California, San Francisco
Lead Sponsor
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Collaborator
Baylor University
Collaborator
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Collaborator
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