Integrated Care & Patient Navigators for Latinos With Serious Mental Illness

NCT02469714 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

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Summary

The health care needs of people with serious mental illness are exacerbated by ethnic health disparities. Latinos with serious mental illness show significant health problems compared to other ethnic groups. Therefore, this project is to develop a meaningful peer-navigator program for Latinos with serious mental illness using community-based participatory research (CBPR). Investigators are currently working with seven Hispanic/Latinos with a mental illness that have formed a Consumer Research Team (CRT) that will guide this project. This project will identify and define the problem by conducting a mixed methods research thru qualitative interviews with various stakeholders defined by the investigator's CRT group. The qualitative findings will then be cross-validated in a quantitative survey by 100 Hispanic/Latinos with mental illness. This information will then be used to design an intervention using an integrated care model for Peer-Navigators. Feasibility, accessibility , acceptability and impact of the peer-navigator program will be then evaluated in a randomized control trial (RCT) with 100 Latinos with serious mental illness who will complete measures of physical health, mental health, service use and engagement at baseline, 4, 8, and 12 months. Investigators expect to show physical health improvement with the greater engagement observed in the peer navigator group. Investigators expect a similar improvement in mental health and quality of life as physical health concerns are diminished.

Conditions

  • Mental Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer Navigator Intervention

Peer navigators will be Hispanics/Latinos with a mental illness in recovery who will complete and meet certification for the peer navigator training program that will be evolved out of the mixed methods process. Investigators propose the peer navigators will enhance patient engagement in integrated care which will, in turn, improve physical and mental health and wellness of patients in this group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER
  • Trilogy Inc. Behavioral Healthcare

    collaborator OTHER
  • Illinois Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Patrick Corrigan, Psy.D · Illinois Institute of Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-11-30
Completion
2016-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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