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2024-05-06 @ 3:10 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 1:44 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT04540003
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2022-04-27
First Post:
2020-08-31
Brief Title:
School Based Health Care A Model for Improving Educational Achievement for Children in Inner City Schools
Sponsor:
Unity Health Toronto
Organization:
Unity Health Toronto
Study Overview
Official Title:
School Based Health Care A Model for Improving Educational Achievement for Children in Inner City Schools
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2022-04
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Developmental problems have tremendous impact on children affecting academic achievement and mental health later in lifeThe process of receiving a developmental assessment is long and arduous and may require multiple physician visits taking over one year Although a relatively new concept in Canada School-Based Health Centres SBHCs have been successfully implemented in over 1900 schools in the United StatesThe first SBHC in Ontario and Canada as a whole was established through the Model Schools Pediatric Health Initiative MSPHI and is dedicated to reducing health inequities for inner city children by reducing barriers and providing accessible clinical care To provide more conclusive evidence on the relative benefits of SBHCs as compared to traditional health care access this study will use a prospective cohort quasi-experimental study design to compare differences in educational achievement for developmental assessments in the SBHC model relative to standard care As per standard of care students having difficulty in school are identified by the Toronto District School Board TDSB internal research staff and are presented to the monthly School Support team SST meetings Historically physicians do not attend SST meetings however as a part of the SBHC program pediatricians will participate in monthly SST meetings Schools assigned to the intervention group will have SBHC physicians attend SST meetings while schools assigned to the control group will not
The overall objective of this study is to examine educational achievement as defined by standardized test scores and report cards in students who use an inner city SBHCs for developmental concerns relative to those who do not We hypothesize students attending schools in which SST meetings have a pediatrician present that are referred to a SBHC will score higher and show a greater increase in standardized test scores and report cards from baseline to follow-up than students attending schools in which SST meetings do not have a pediatrician present and access services through traditional means in the community standard of careThe secondary objectives are a to examine socio-demographic data for these students and its relationship to educational achievement and b to determine wait times to developmental assessment for students in the intervention group who attend the SBHCs using retrospective chart review
The overall objective of this study is to examine educational achievement as defined by standardized test scores and report cards in students who use an inner city SBHCs for developmental concerns relative to those who do not We hypothesize students attending schools in which SST meetings have a pediatrician present that are referred to a SBHC will score higher and show a greater increase in standardized test scores and report cards from baseline to follow-up than students attending schools in which SST meetings do not have a pediatrician present and access services through traditional means in the community standard of careThe secondary objectives are a to examine socio-demographic data for these students and its relationship to educational achievement and b to determine wait times to developmental assessment for students in the intervention group who attend the SBHCs using retrospective chart review
Detailed Description:
None
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None