Assessing the Effectiveness of a Health Literacy Intervention in the Workplace: A Quasi-experimental Pre-post Randomized Controlled Study

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City1 site in 1 country52 target enrollmentJanuary 2010

ConditionsHealth Literacy

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Health Literacy
Sponsor: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Enrollment: 52
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: number of non emergency room clinician visits
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 5 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a health literacy/motivational intervention in a workplace setting. Parents will be taught how to use a child health book to lessen inappropriate use of physician services and improve parent confidence in their ability to identify and obtain necessary assistance when their children are ill.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 2010

End Date

November 2010

Last Updated

5 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•currently employed at the Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, MO or KS, or working under contract
•parent/legally authorized representative/primary care giver taking care of a child birth to 12 years old

Exclusion Criteria

•non-English speaking and reading
•under 18 years old unless a minor parent
•a medical or nursing degree (MD, DO, Physician's Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, RN or LPN)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

number of non emergency room clinician visits

Time Frame: within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class

Determine if parents/primary caregivers' attendance at a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer non-emergency room clinician visits for their children.

Secondary Outcomes

number of emergency department visits(within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class)
pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency.(within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class)