Family Navigator Intervention

The Development of a Family Navigator Intervention and Prevention Protocol to Reduce Risk of Suicide and Self-injurious Behavior for Youth Aged 8 to 14 Years

Status

Terminated

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05954585

Enrollment

Registered

2023-07-20

Start date

2023-12-02

Completion date

2024-05-31

Last updated

2025-02-20

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Conditions

Family Navigator, Treatment as Usual

Keywords

emergency department, suicide, youth, family navigator

Brief summary

This study will develop and examine the feasibility and acceptability of a family navigator protocol while leveraging digital health communication. It will employ an ecological model within a socio-cultural theoretic framework of mental health service disparities and barriers to treatment.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to develop and pilot a Family Navigator intervention with technology-enhanced information sharing for families with youth (80 youth-caregiver dyads) who were discharged from the emergency after an admission for SSIB. This novel intervention aims to reduce suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior risk and prevalence rates by way of increasing attendance to community-based mental health services for youth aged 10 to 14.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTreatment as usual

Emergency department treatment as usual

BEHAVIORALFamily Navigator

Family Navigator will speak with families about individual and systemic issues for linkage to mental health care biweekly for 3 months or until the youth's first mental health appt has been attended, whichever comes first.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

The person conducting follow-up assessments will be masked as to the intervention assignments.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

10 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* youth 10 to 14 years old living at home with legal guardian/caregiver

Exclusion criteria

* presentation including psychosis, sexual assault, or child abuse, * are in police or child protective services' custody, * are unable to assent due to severity of illness or developmental disabilities, \>cannot communicate in English or Spanish, or * if no caregiver or legal guardian is able to provide consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Mental Health Services	6 months	adapted CASA

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Suicidal ideation	6 months	Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire
Suicidal behavior	6 months	Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026