Evaluating the Mobile Clinic Model as a Means of Increasing Access to Reproductive and Sexual Health

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

10000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-01

Study Completion Date

2024-01-01

Brief Summary

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The mobile health clinic evaluation study examines the impact of mobile health clinics on access reproductive and sexual healthcare services in underserved communities. Multiple mobile clinics operating throughout the U.S. are participating by implementing the same evaluation plan for their programs and contributing de-identified data into a shared database. This allows the investigators to both determine the impact of individual programs and to compare and contrast their impact across different programs, states, population densities (rural, urban, suburban), and populations.

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Detailed Description

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The purpose of this prospective/retrospective cohort study is to evaluate the effectiveness of each individual participating mobile health clinic in improving their community's health and access to care, and to compare each clinic's performance and reach within their respective communities. This Institutional Review Board (IRB)-exempt study is a descriptive review of de-identified evaluation, clinical, and operations data, including staff and patient surveys, patient metrics, and clinic operations metrics. The investigators anticipate that additional mobile clinic programs will submit de-identified data from evaluations done under local IRB exemption. The study will utilize data already collected or to be collected by each mobile health clinic as a part of its clinical and operational activities. Each mobile health clinic will decide which indicators from the evaluation instrument it will use for its own evaluation, and which will be reported to the shared database, depending on the specific services provided and population served. Data will be tracked on a per-patient-visit level or per-operational day, whichever is more relevant to the variable at hand. Data will be sourced from each mobile health clinic's current evaluation sources, including patient intake records (for demographic information, clinic visit dates, clinic procedures done), time and budget tracking software (for hours/patient and cost/patient spent), patient questionnaires (for patient satisfaction and attitudes about their mobile health clinic visit), patient post-visit follow-up questionnaires (for simple referral or prescription follow-up), and clinic operational records (for distance traveled).

Conditions

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Healthcare Disparities Reproductive Health Sexual Health Program Evaluation Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Plan A Health

Founded in 2018, Plan A Health, Inc seeks to address health care disparities in rural communities by improving access to reproductive and sexual care. Beginning April 2021, the first Plan A mobile health clinic opened, serving five counties in the Mississippi Delta. The care team in the clinic includes a community health worker, nurse practitioner, volunteer providers, residents, and a collaborating physician.

Complete Clinical Interaction

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention consists of a completed interaction with the mobile health clinic during the study periods, on which adequate evaluative data was collected on the patient visit (e.g. staff was able to note their visit and reason for visit, the patient met with an healthcare professional, etc)

Just the Pill

Just The Pill offers telemedicine appointments by phone or online for sexual and reproductive health needs that is delivered to the patient's home. The organization is also opening a mobile health clinic that will deliver care directly to communities.

Complete Clinical Interaction

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention consists of a completed interaction with the mobile health clinic during the study periods, on which adequate evaluative data was collected on the patient visit (e.g. staff was able to note their visit and reason for visit, the patient met with an healthcare professional, etc)

University of Florida Mobile Outreach Clinic

The mission of the Mobile Outreach Clinic is to reduce health disparities by providing best practice, flexible, low-barrier primary care at no cost to patients unable to access the healthcare system. They focus on addressing the social barriers that drive health inequities and educating health professions students in an environment that equips them to become the socially conscious medical providers of the future.

Complete Clinical Interaction

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention consists of a completed interaction with the mobile health clinic during the study periods, on which adequate evaluative data was collected on the patient visit (e.g. staff was able to note their visit and reason for visit, the patient met with an healthcare professional, etc)

Interventions

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Complete Clinical Interaction

The intervention consists of a completed interaction with the mobile health clinic during the study periods, on which adequate evaluative data was collected on the patient visit (e.g. staff was able to note their visit and reason for visit, the patient met with an healthcare professional, etc)

Intervention Type OTHER