Increasing Teen Access to Sexual and Mental Health Care

NCT05444855 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 00002100R21HD098086-02S1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 51
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Investigators will form community partnership with community sites that will disseminate curated educational information on Sexual and Reproductive Health/Mental Health (SRH/MH). Investigators will attend a series of outreach events hosted by community partners community and community leaders that provide/demonstrate telemedicine and the Children's Mercy Mobile Unit which is equipped to provide direct patient care. Investigators will engage up to 40 teen peer leaders to encourage healthcare-seeking behaviors and mobilize their social networks to attend outreach events. At all events, the mobile unit will be available for teens to (a) demonstrate the mobile; (b) learn about Sexual and Reproductive Health/Mental Health (SRH/MH) and local care resources; (d) acquire free over-the-counter emergency contraception, birth control, condoms, and pregnancy tests.

Conditions

Health Care Utilization

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Participants With Any Healthcare Utilization From Baseline to 6 Months

  Measurement of any use of healthcare utilization through trial. Healthcare utilization measured through surveys from participants at baseline, 2 months, 4 months, and 6 months.

  Baseline to 6 months

Study Arms (1)

Peer Leader and Friend Network Participants

EXPERIMENTAL

All adolescents enrolled as friends of peer leaders will have access to activities and materials shared by the peer leaders. All adolescents will be asked to complete an eligibility screening survey and baseline survey online or in-person. They will complete short surveys at 2, 4 and 6 months via Twilio text, call, or email. Peer Leaders Investigators will enroll up to 40 Peer Leaders. In addition to the above activities (under intervention trial participant), if a teen is a "peer leader" they will attend a training session in-person or online with our study team to learn about sexual and mental health information and how to share information with their friends (like text or social media). The peer leaders will answer the same surveys described above and will be asked about their Peer Leader experience and how they are sharing the study health information.

Other: Peer Leader Model

Interventions

Peer Leader Model OTHER

Teens will have an opportunity to interact with established peer leaders that are a part of the AccessKCTeen program. These leaders will receive a baseline training of their role, sexual and mental health. They will also receive health education and engage with a peer liaison via text messages throughout the study.

Also known as: THO+

Peer Leader and Friend Network Participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 14-18 years and 364 days old

You may not qualify if:

• Younger than 14 years old or older than 18 years and 364 days at the time of enrollment
• Does not speak/understand English
• Not recruited from an already nominated or enrolled adolescent
• Aged 14-18 years and 364 days old
• Younger than 14 years old or older than 18 years and 364 days at the time of enrollment
• Does not speak/understand English
• Not recruited from an already nominated or enrolled adolescent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City: lead
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Children's Mercy Hospital

Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Melissa Miller MD
• Organization: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

mmiller@cmh.edu

816234300

Study Officials

• Melissa Millerr, MD

  Children's Mercy Kansas City

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Physician

Model Details: Participants will enroll as a Peer Leader (THO+) or they can enroll as part of a Friend Network. Teens who enroll as a Peer Leader will attend a training session in-person or online with our study team to learn about sexual and mental health information and how to share information with their friends (like text or social media). Teens who enroll as a Friend Network will receive the shared information from the Peer Leader who invited them to be a part of the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 17, 2022
• First Posted: July 6, 2022
• Study Start: June 8, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2023
• Study Completion: May 1, 2023
• Last Updated: September 19, 2024
• Results First Posted: September 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Locations

US (1)