OurChild: A Health IT Solution to Reduce Minority Health Disparities

NCT04677647 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 20-01468
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 254
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Chinese American immigrant families are a fast-growing immigrant group with unmet early childhood mental health needs. The team proposes to design, build, and implement OurChild, an integrated mHealth/EHR solution to increase access to early childhood mental health knowledge and mental health services and resources for Chinese American children ages 2-6 years old and their parents in the Sunset Park Brooklyn.

Conditions

Mental Health

Keywords

Health Information Technology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Number of Referrals

  Change in number of referrals to NYU Langone Child Psychiatry or Developmental Pediatrics

  Month 18, Month 45

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change in Score on Parental Self-Efficacy Scale

  Month 25, Month 45

• Change in Amount of parent-provider engagement

  Month 18, Month 45

• Change in accessing resources on App

  Month 25, Month 45

• Score on Betz Physician Confidence Scale

  Month 48

Study Arms (1)

OurChild

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: OurChild mHealth Digital Platform

Interventions

OurChild mHealth Digital Platform OTHER

The intervention being created and tested in this study is OurChild an integrated mHealth/EHR app, initially designed for the Chinese American community in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. All participants will be assigned to either beta versions undergoing development, or to version 1.0.

OurChild

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Child must be 24 to 72 months old
• Child must have been receiving pediatric primary care at the 7th Ave FHC for at least 6 months
• Child must be identified as Chinese and/or preferred language is Chinese in EHR
• Parents must be at least 18 years old
• Parents must be the child's parent/legal guardian
• Parents must be able and willing to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Siblings and parents of previously enrolled children
• Parents who do not have access to an iOS or Android smartphone

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NYU Langone Health: lead
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, 10016, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Simona Kwon, DrPH

  NYU Langone Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Simona Kwon, DrPH

CONTACT

646-847-3479; simona.kwon@nyulangone.org

Yi-Ling Tan, MPH

CONTACT

646-501-3489; yi-ling.tan@nyulangone.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 17, 2020
• First Posted: December 21, 2020
• Study Start: July 25, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2025
• Study Completion: December 30, 2025
• Last Updated: August 6, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
• Time Frame: Beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication or as required by a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.
• Access Criteria: The investigator who proposed to use the data will have access to the data upon reasonable request. Requests should be directed to helen.egger@nyulangone.org. To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement.

Locations

US (1)