Increasing Teen Access to Care Using Peer Social Networks and Mobile Health Services
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Health Care Utilization
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
- Enrollment
- 53
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants With Any Healthcare Utilization From Baseline to 6 Months
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
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.
Detailed Description
AccessKCTeen is a pilot clinical outreach program that uses Children Mercy's Mobile Unit and Telemedicine to demonstrate and increase access to SRH and MH. AccessKCTeen intends to focus on these central activities: 1. Education based on a peer-leader model: In collaboration with community-based partners, investigators will identify and train approximately 40 peer leaders in disseminating information and resources for Sexual and Reproductive Health/Mental Health (SRH/MH) MH/SRH to their social networks. Peer leaders may disseminate information in the form of sharing curated online resources or mobilizing friends to attend live educational events. Peer leaders will also help connect their friends to resources by spreading information and encouraging friends to attend CM mobile unit demonstrations. Investigators will use text messaging to engage peers in these educational events and share general health resources. 2. Mobile Unit and Telemedicine Demonstration Events: The mobile unit will be present at community events to demonstrate how in-person care could work on the unit as well as how telemedicine works. Investigators will answer questions and help adolescents get registered for telemedicine.
Investigators
Melissa Miller
Physician
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants With Any Healthcare Utilization From Baseline to 6 Months
Time Frame: 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.