NCT03399500

Homeless Care Management App

m-Health to Increase Service Utilization in Recently Incarcerated Homeless Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 403 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oklahoma · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There is a significant revolving door of incarceration among homeless adults, a population with substantial health disparities. Homeless adults who receive the professional coordination of individualized care (i.e., case management) during the period following their release from jail experience fewer mental health and substance use problems, are more likely to obtain stable housing, and are less likely to be re-incarcerated. The proposed study will use mobile technology to address these barriers and fill gaps in the understanding of the causes of the revolving door of homeless incarceration. This research represents a step toward integrated service connection and healthcare service provision for one of the most underserved, high need, and understudied populations in the United States. Smart phone apps that increase the use of available healthcare services and identify predictors of key outcomes (e.g., homelessness, re-arrest, medication compliance) could be used to reach hard to reach populations with histories of significant and persistent health disparities (e.g., homeless adults).

Conditions

• Substance Use Disorders
• Mental Health Impairment
• Health Behavior
• Adherence, Patient

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	In-Person Case Management at Homeless Recovery Program	In-Person Case Management at Homeless Recovery Program
BEHAVIORAL	Unlimited Smartphone	Smartphone with unlimited calls, texts, and data plan
BEHAVIORAL	Smartphone Based Case Management (SPCM) app	Smartphone Based Case Management app

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-27
• Primary completion: 2023-11-14
• Completion: 2023-11-14
• First posted: 2018-01-16
• Last updated: 2024-12-19
• Results posted: 2024-12-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States