The Impact of Family Financial Support on Child Health

NCT02770144 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UCLASchickedanzFCCH
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators have partnered with financial coaching organizations to establish what the investigators have termed a "Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP)" that offers financial coaching to improve financial and mental health.The investigators will evaluate the MFP's impact on child overall health rating.

Conditions

Child Overall Health Related Quality of Life

Keywords

Child Quality of Life; Financial Coaching; Socioeconomic Status; Social Determinants of Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Parent-Rated Child Overall Health

  Parent-rated overall child health (Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor) assessed using a single-item questionnaire. The single item used to assess this outcome is the first item in the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System child health related quality of life questionnaire.

  Up to One Year

Study Arms (2)

Financial Coaching & Social Services Referral

EXPERIMENTAL

Enrollment in one-to-one financial coaching intervention to support savings, income, and credit while reducing debt using available tools in the community development field.

Behavioral: Financial Coaching; Behavioral: Access to Referral to Social Services

Access to Referrals to Social Services

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Enrollment provides access to referrals to social services to meet basic needs.

Behavioral: Access to Referral to Social Services

Interventions

Financial Coaching BEHAVIORAL

Enrollment in one-to-one financial coaching intervention to support savings, income, and credit while reducing debt using available tools in the community development field.

Financial Coaching & Social Services Referral

Access to Referral to Social Services BEHAVIORAL

Access to Referrals to Social Services; Financial Coaching & Social Services Referral

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants will include caregivers and parents with one or more dependent children, some form of income, and a tax identification number.

You may not qualify if:

• Inability to take part in financial coaching or primary language other than English or Spanish.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Los Angeles: lead

Study Sites (1)

LIFT-LA

Los Angeles, California, 90007, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Adam Schickedanz, MD

  University of California, Los Angeles

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics and Clinical Scholar

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 25, 2016
• First Posted: May 12, 2016
• Study Start: March 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2017
• Study Completion: October 1, 2017
• Last Updated: October 26, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)