The Social Needs Assistance for Hospitalized Kids Trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the best way to help families access social and economic support services in order to improve children's health for hospitalized children and their families/caregivers. The main question it aims to answer is, does providing active assistance from navigators to connect families to social/economic resources lead to greater improvements in child global health compared to providing passive referrals to resources among hospitalized children? All families will receive a tailored information sheet with referrals to community resources to address their social/economic needs and an introduction to how to search for resources using an online program. Researchers will compare families who receive these resources with families who also receive support from trained navigators, people with knowledge about local resources trained to connect families with resources. The study will examine whether the addition of navigator support improves families' access to services and children's health outcomes.

NCT Number	NCT07687238
Lead Sponsor	University of California, San Francisco Collaborators: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Baylor University, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Conditions	Social Needs, Health-Related Social Needs, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Social Needs Status, Conditions Influencing Health Status, Navigation
Enrollment	1,880 participants
Start Date	2026-09
Primary Completion	2030-09 (estimated)
Study Completion	2030-09 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-07-07