Clinical trial NCT01676532: Feasibility Study on the Model School Pediatric Health Initiative Pilot Project
Official title: Feasibility Study on the Model School Pediatric Health Initiative Pilot Project
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: School Board Health Centers
Keywords: School Board Health Center
Pediatrics
Lead sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-08-31
Enrollment: 127
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 1
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All students of Sprucecourt Public School as well as the fourteen surrounding inner city public schools and their siblings. All children attending the on-site Parenting and Family Literacy Centre.

Brief summary: This is a prospective cross sectional study to assess the feasibility of a school based health centre (SBHC) at Sprucecourt Public School, an inner-city elementary school in Toronto. The SBHC allows inner-city children who face barriers to accessing health care the opportunity to receive health care in their school.The primary aim of this study is to determine utilization of the SBHC. Establishing feasibility of the SBHC would support further development and expansion of this program into other inner city schools.

Detailed description: A chart review of the first year of the SBHC was conducted. Feasibility metrics included the number of children who enrolled at the SBHC. Efficacy metrics included the proportion of enrolled children who enrolled at SBHC. Efficacy metrics included the proportion of enrolled children who attended and received new diagnoses and treatment plans

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All students at Sprucecourt Public School and the surrounding fourteen schools, as well as their siblings (ages 0-12 years), who are enrolled at and have consent to attend the SBHC
* All infants and preschool aged children attending the on-site Parenting and Family Literacy Centre who are enrolled at the SBHC

Exclusion Criteria:

* N/A

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Enrolled Participants Who Attended SBHC
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of Students Attending SBHC With New Treatment Plans
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Number of Students Attending SBHC With New Diagnoses
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Number of Referrals Made of Students Attending SBHC
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
measure: Number of Students Enrolled in SBHC Who Were From the Host School (Sprucecourt)
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Sprucecourt Public School Vs Other Participating Schools
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Number of Students Triaged From School Support Team Meetings
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Number of Students Referred to SBHC Who Attended SBHC
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Follow-up Appointments
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Absenteeism
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)Status
timeFrame: 1 year
Locations:
city: Toronto
country: Canada
facility: The Hospital for Sick Children
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: The Hospital for Sick Children
name: Jonathon Maguire, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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