Integration of Tax Preparation Into Pediatric Clinics: A Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 69
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Financial well being
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this study to understand what percentage of families in the pediatric clinic at Boston Medical Center (BMC) currently file taxes and use free tax preparation and would accept and use referral to a free tax preparation service. The investigators specifically want to understand which of two methods of connecting to free tax preparation (referral versus navigated connection) is more effective. Also studied will be the feasibility of using surveys on financial wellness and other health indicators to track participants' health.
These pilot findings will be used to design a larger study that aims to assess whether integrating free tax preparation services into a pediatric clinic can increase tax filing rates and, as a result, the amount of money families receive in tax refunds. Additionally, the investigators hope to understand whether receiving this service impacts parental stress as well as how parents and babies are using the healthcare system.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 0 Years 至 5 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Guardian of a child 0-5 years
- •English, Spanish, or Haitian-Creole -speaking
- •Child is a Boston Medical Center pediatric primary care patient
排除标准
- •Guardian not present at time of clinic visit
- •Have no taxable income for the calendar year
- •Not using BMC for pediatric primary care
- •Have already filed their taxes for 2020
结局指标
主要结局
Financial well being
时间窗: 12 months
The consumer financial protection bureau (cfpb) financial -well-being questionnaire will be used to assess financial stability. It has 5 items with scores from from 0 to 4 where 4 is the response associated with the best financial well being. Total scores can range from 0 to 16. They are interpreted with a table stratifying the participants age as 19-61 and 62+ and higher scores are more favorable.
Tax refund
时间窗: 12 months
A copy of the IRS tax return form will be reviewed to extract the total tax refund amount
Tax credits
时间窗: 12 months
A copy of the IRS tax return form will be reviewed to extract the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit amounts
次要结局
- Maternal mental health(12 months)
- Maternal well being(12 months)
- Parenting skills(12 months)
- Maternal healthcare utilization(12 months)
- Child healthcare utilization(12 months)