A Parent Coach–Led Model of Well-Child Care for Young Children in Low-Income Communities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
BackgroundThe Parent-focused Redesign for Encounters, Newborns to Toddlers (PARENT) intervention was created as a team-based approach to well-child care (WCC) that relies on a health educator (Parent Coach) to provide the bulk of WCC services, address specific needs faced by...
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| author | Rachel Hurst Kendra Liljenquist Sarah J Lowry Peter G Szilagyi Kevin A Fiscella Marcia R Weaver Lorena Porras-Javier Janette Ortiz Laura J Sotelo Guerra Tumaini R Coker |
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BackgroundThe Parent-focused Redesign for Encounters, Newborns to Toddlers (PARENT) intervention was created as a team-based approach to well-child care (WCC) that relies on 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.
ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the impact of PARENT using a cluster randomized controlled trial.
MethodsThis study tested the effectiveness of PARENT at 10 clinical sites in 2 federally qualified health centers in Tacoma, Washington, and Los Angeles, California. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial that included 916 families with children aged ≤12 months at the time of the baseline survey. Parents will be followed up at 6 and 12 months after enrollment. The Parent Coach, the main element of PARENT, provides anticipatory guidance, psychosocial screening and referral, developmental and behavioral surveillance, screening, and guidance at each WCC visit. The coach is supported by parent-focused previsit screening and visit prioritization, a brief, problem-focused clinician encounter for a physical examination 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. We will examine parent-reported quality of care (receipt of nationally recommended WCC services, family-centeredness of care, and parental experiences of care), and health care use (WCC, urgent care, emergency department, and hospitalizations), conduct a cost analysis, and conduct a separate time-motion study of clinician time allocation to assess efficiency. We will also collect data on exploratory measures of parent-and parenting-focused outcomes. Our primary outcomes were receipt of anticipatory guidance and emergency department use.
ResultsParticipant recruitment began in March 2019. After recruitment, 6- and 12-month follow-up surveys will be completed. As of August 30, 2021, we enrolled a total of 916 participants.
ConclusionsThis large pragmatic trial of PARENT in partnership with federally qualified health centers will assess its utility as an evidence-based and financially sustainable model for the delivery of preventive care services to children in low-income communities.
Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03797898; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03797898
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| spelling | doaj.art-94c1cf9a75724bea951ac26ebd6a8cdb2023-08-28T19:50:35ZengJMIR PublicationsJMIR Research Protocols1929-07482021-11-011011e2705410.2196/27054A Parent Coach–Led Model of Well-Child Care for Young Children in Low-Income Communities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled TrialRachel Hursthttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1203-1627Kendra Liljenquisthttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0618-2506Sarah J Lowryhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0865-635XPeter G Szilagyihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1951-0644Kevin A Fiscellahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3613-8012Marcia R Weaverhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2736-4085Lorena Porras-Javierhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-1783Janette Ortizhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0480-6389Laura J Sotelo Guerrahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8456-8220Tumaini R Cokerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5111-6527 BackgroundThe Parent-focused Redesign for Encounters, Newborns to Toddlers (PARENT) intervention was created as a team-based approach to well-child care (WCC) that relies on 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. ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the impact of PARENT using a cluster randomized controlled trial. MethodsThis study tested the effectiveness of PARENT at 10 clinical sites in 2 federally qualified health centers in Tacoma, Washington, and Los Angeles, California. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial that included 916 families with children aged ≤12 months at the time of the baseline survey. Parents will be followed up at 6 and 12 months after enrollment. The Parent Coach, the main element of PARENT, provides anticipatory guidance, psychosocial screening and referral, developmental and behavioral surveillance, screening, and guidance at each WCC visit. The coach is supported by parent-focused previsit screening and visit prioritization, a brief, problem-focused clinician encounter for a physical examination 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. We will examine parent-reported quality of care (receipt of nationally recommended WCC services, family-centeredness of care, and parental experiences of care), and health care use (WCC, urgent care, emergency department, and hospitalizations), conduct a cost analysis, and conduct a separate time-motion study of clinician time allocation to assess efficiency. We will also collect data on exploratory measures of parent-and parenting-focused outcomes. Our primary outcomes were receipt of anticipatory guidance and emergency department use. ResultsParticipant recruitment began in March 2019. After recruitment, 6- and 12-month follow-up surveys will be completed. As of August 30, 2021, we enrolled a total of 916 participants. ConclusionsThis large pragmatic trial of PARENT in partnership with federally qualified health centers will assess its utility as an evidence-based and financially sustainable model for the delivery of preventive care services to children in low-income communities. Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03797898; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03797898 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)DERR1-10.2196/27054https://www.researchprotocols.org/2021/11/e27054 |
| spellingShingle | Rachel Hurst Kendra Liljenquist Sarah J Lowry Peter G Szilagyi Kevin A Fiscella Marcia R Weaver Lorena Porras-Javier Janette Ortiz Laura J Sotelo Guerra Tumaini R Coker A Parent Coach–Led Model of Well-Child Care for Young Children in Low-Income Communities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial JMIR Research Protocols |
| title | A Parent Coach–Led Model of Well-Child Care for Young Children in Low-Income Communities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_full | A Parent Coach–Led Model of Well-Child Care for Young Children in Low-Income Communities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_fullStr | A Parent Coach–Led Model of Well-Child Care for Young Children in Low-Income Communities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Parent Coach–Led Model of Well-Child Care for Young Children in Low-Income Communities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_short | A Parent Coach–Led Model of Well-Child Care for Young Children in Low-Income Communities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_sort | parent coach led model of well child care for young children in low income communities protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial |
| url | https://www.researchprotocols.org/2021/11/e27054 |
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