Parent Navigator Program (PNP) to Improve Outcomes in Latino/x Children and Parents

NCT07023367 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: CHLA-25-00190
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to see if a Parent Navigator Program (PNP) is helpful for Latino/x parents of babies with congenital heart disease (CHD) to get connected to developmental follow-up services. The main question it aims to answer are:

• Do families assigned to the Parent Navigator Program (PNP) have higher rates of connection to High-Risk Infant Follow-Up (HRIF)/Early Intervention (EI) compared to the standard care group 6 months after randomization?
• Do children assigned to the Parent Navigator Program (PNP) have better neurodevelopmental outcomes (NDOs) compared to the standard care group 6 months after randomization?
• Do parents assigned to the Parent Navigator Program (PNP) have decreased parental stress compared to the standard care group? Researchers will compare the Parent Navigator group to the standard care group to see if parent navigator group is helpful in connecting families to High-Risk Infant Follow-Up (HRIF)/Early Intervention (EI), improving neurodevelopmental outcomes (NDOs), and lowering parental stress. Participants will:
• Undergo developmental assessments and survey at newborn stage and at 6 months
• Participants randomly assigned to the Parent Navigator group will have weekly (at least) phone calls with the parent navigator
• Participants randomly assigned to the Parent Navigator group will complete a 30-minute phone interview about their experience with the parent navigator program 6 months after random assignment

Conditions

Congenital Heart Disease

Keywords

Congenital Heart Disease; Parent Navigator Program; Latino/x Children; High-Risk Infant Follow-up (HRIF); Early Intervention (EI); Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Total number of Visits to the High Risk Infant Follow Up clinic and Early Intervention between Parent Navigator Program and Standard of Care

  Each group's number of visits to the High Risk Infant Follow Up clinic will be counted using electronic medical record chart abstraction. Each group's number of Early Intervention visits will be counted using the Medical Abstraction Form, a self-report survey developed by the principal investigator that will be completed by parents. Parents will be asked how frequently they see the early interventionist and when the visits started, allowing for a calculation of the total number of visits.

  Baseline to 6 months

• Group comparison of neurodevelopmental outcomes measured by the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development

  Each infant in both arms of the study will be evaluated using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development - 4th Edition at 6 months of age. Scores in cognitive, language, and motor domains will be obtained. Separate multiple linear regression analyses to examine group association with standard scores in each of the three domains (cognitive, language, and motor). Standard scores on the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development - 4th Edition are scaled to a metric with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Standard scores range from 45 to 155, with 45 corresponding to a score below the 0.1st percentile and 155 corresponding to a score above the 99.9th percentile.

  Baseline to 6 months

• Average parental stress score over 6 months measured by the Parental Stress Scale

  Each parent in both arms of the study will complete the Parental Stress Scale at the two visits. Repeated measures analysis of variance or mixed model for repeated measures will be used to compare average parental stress between the groups over time. Scores on the Parental Stress Scale range from 18 to 90, with 18 indicating low stress and 90 indicating high stress.

  Baseline to 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Parent Navigator Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Parent Navigator Program

Standard of Care

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Standard of Care

Interventions

Parent Navigator Program BEHAVIORAL

Participants in this group will be connected with a parent with lived experience to help get them obtain developmental follow up services and early intervention.

Parent Navigator Program

Standard of Care BEHAVIORAL

The families in the standard care group will have their connections to neurodevelopmental (ND) follow-up and support delivered in the standard fashion which consists of a referral to high-risk infant follow-up (HRIF) by discharge coordinator.

Standard of Care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 0 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Infants born with CHD requiring medical/surgical intervention at less than 30 days of age
• Identify as Latino/x

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of a major genetic syndrome
• Intraventricular hemorrhage or other major structural brain lesion
• Undergoing end of life care
• Parents of Latino/x Infants:
• Identify as Latino/x
• Not fluent in English or Spanish

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital Los Angeles: lead

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heart Defects, Congenital

Interventions

Standard of Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cardiovascular Abnormalities; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Officials

• Nhu Tran, PhD, RN

  Children's Hospital Los Angeles

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Emma Salmon, BS

CONTACT

323-361-5103; esalmon@chla.usc.edu

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: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 10, 2025
• First Posted: June 17, 2025
• Study Start: October 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Last Updated: September 12, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)