NCT07064915

Impact of a Medical-Financial Partnership Intervention on Parent Mental Health, Perinatal Outcomes, and Child Developmental Risk

Impact of a Medical-Financial Partnership Intervention on Parent Mental Health, Perinatal Outcomes, and Child Developmental Risk: A Community-Partnered, Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Poverty and financial stress are key social drivers of health and root causes of worse health beginning in pregnancy, continuing into childhood, and extending over the life course, but clinical tools to address the health impacts of poverty and financial stress are needed. This trial is of a multi-site medical-financial partnership intervention to examine its effect on parent, perinatal, and child outcomes, as well as health care utilization, and family financial and social risk. This pragmatic randomized clinical effectiveness trial will examine the impact of a clinic-based medical-financial partnership intervention beginning either 1) in the newborn period (Intervention Arm 1) or 2) during prenatal care (Intervention Arm 2) versus controls on parent, child, and family/household outcomes.

Conditions

• Child Development
• Mental Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Medical-Financial Partnership Support	The Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP) intervention will include (at minimum): 1. A relationship with a trained MFP intervention team member 2. Establishment of financial and social goals in the initial meeting, with connection to public anti-poverty programs, employment opportunities, and other income supports, among others, as tailored to participant goals 3. Establishment of an action plan to reach short, medium and long-term goals in core MFP domains 4. Co-designing with the participant to identify and refine goals and action steps longitudinally 5. A standard toolkit for access to financial services and public benefits

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-07
• Primary completion: 2029-08-31
• Completion: 2030-02-28
• First posted: 2025-07-15
• Last updated: 2025-07-20

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: United States