Assessing the Effectiveness of a Health Literacy Intervention in the Workplace

Health Literacy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assessing the Effectiveness of a Health Literacy Intervention in the Workplace: A Quasi-experimental Pre-post Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01103986
• Other study ID #: 0912-255X
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: November 2010

Study information

• Verified date: December 2020
• Source: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a health literacy/motivational intervention in a workplace setting. Parents will be taught how to use a child health book to lessen inappropriate use of physician services and improve parent confidence in their ability to identify and obtain necessary assistance when their children are ill.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 52
• Est. completion date: November 2010
• Est. primary completion date: November 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• currently employed at the Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, MO or KS, or working under contract

• parent/legally authorized representative/primary care giver taking care of a child birth to 12 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-English speaking and reading

• under 18 years old unless a minor parent

• a medical or nursing degree (MD, DO, Physician's Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, RN or LPN)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Literacy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motivational/health literacy education (Test group)
Attend a 1-hour class to learn how to use the book "What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick."

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics	Kansas City	Missouri

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (2)

Bryan C. Provider and policy response to reverse the consequences of low health literacy. J Healthc Manag. 2008 Jul-Aug;53(4):230-41. — View Citation

Ensuring Positive Health Outcomes in Head Start Children and Famiies Pilot Study, Executive Summary. Herman A, September 2002

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	number of non emergency room clinician visits	Determine if parents/primary caregivers' attendance at a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer non-emergency room clinician visits for their children.	within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class
Secondary	number of emergency department visits	To determine if parents/primary caregivers attending a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer emergency department visits	within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class
Secondary	pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency.	To assess feelings of parents/primary caregiver competence in appropriately managing their children's illnesses using pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency.	within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class