NCT05823220

A Pragmatic Trial Integrating Homelessness Diversion Services Into an Emergency Department Discharge System

A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Integrating Homelessness Diversion Services Into an Emergency Department Discharge System

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a homelessness diversion program integrated into a hospital emergency department (ED) will lower ED use, to identify characteristics of individuals most likely to benefit from homelessness diversion and to discover opportunities to tailor Homelessness Diversion (HD) services to better meet the needs of diverse communities.

Conditions

• Homelessness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Homeless diversion (HD)	Participants will receive services from specialty-trained community health workers and will be invited to complete monthly assessments via text and phone to assess their health and housing for 6 months and to share feedback on their experience with the intervention after completion by a text message to a link for the survey
BEHAVIORAL	Treatment-as-usual (TAU)	Participants will receive a list of community resources they can contact to receive services and will be invited to complete monthly assessments via text and phone to assess their health and housing for 6 months and to share feedback on their experience with the intervention after completion by a text message to a link for the survey

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-14
• Primary completion: 2025-09-01
• Completion: 2025-09-01
• First posted: 2023-04-21
• Last updated: 2025-01-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States