Families First Edmonton

ISRCTN	ISRCTN65556220
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN65556220
Secondary identifying numbers	MCT-75478

Submission date: 26/02/2007
Registration date: 26/02/2007
Last edited: 16/11/2009

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Other

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Jane Elizabeth Drummond
Scientific

Health Sciences Council
300 Campus Tower
8625, 112 Street
Edmonton
Alberta
T6G 1K8
Canada

Phone	+1 780 492 2861
Email	jane.drummond@ualberta.ca

Study information

Study design	Single centre prevention, behavioural, and educational intervention type, four-armed randomised factorial trial with outcome assessor blinding
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Other
Study type	Quality of life
Scientific title	Families first Edmonton: The comparative effects and expense of four models of augmenting services for low-income families
Study acronym	FFE
Study objectives	Low-income families who receive primary health care (PRMHLTH) and/or Recreation Coordination (REC) will initially increase uptake of linkages to services, costs to service systems will decrease over time, and the physical and psychosocial health of family members will increase over time.
Ethics approval(s)	Health Research Ethics Board of University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, approved on the 5th September 2006 (ref: B-030704)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Physical and psychosocial health
Intervention	This trial will test four service delivery models: 1. The Control Model (EXIST) 2. The Primary Health Care Model (PRMHLTH) 3. The Recreation Coordination Model (REC) 4. The Comprehensive Model (COMP) These service delivery models and the practices associated with them are designed primarily to: 1. Build and sustain low-income family-initiated linkages to established government and community services, and 2. Reduce overall costs to health and social service sectors by increasing cost-effective use of preventive and health promotional services
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Increased linkages between low-income families and established services in their communities.
Secondary outcome measures	1. Characteristics of linkages between families and services 2. Costs to service systems 3. Adult physical health 4. Adult psychosocial health 5. Child physical health 6. Child psychosocial health
Overall study start date	01/11/2005
Completion date	01/02/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	1200
Key inclusion criteria	Participant families will: 1. Have received low-income assistance (Income Support [IS] or Alberta Child Health Benefit [ACHB]) continuously for over 12 months 2. Have a child or children between zero and 18 years of age, either sex 3. Reside in designated geographic areas that serves many low-income families, and 4. Be able to provide signed consent
Key exclusion criteria	Potential study participants will be excluded: 1. If they refuse to give informed consent to be interviewed 2. If they are unable to read and write English and an appropriate translator is not available 3. If they have plans to move outside the regions, or 4. If they are unwilling to participate for the entire follow-up period
Date of first enrolment	01/11/2005
Date of final enrolment	01/02/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Canada

Study participating centre

Health Sciences Council

Alberta
T6G 1K8
Canada

Sponsor information

University of Alberta (Canada)
University/education

c/o Bonnie Albrecht, Agreements Manager
222 Campus Towers
Edmonton
Alberta
T6G 0Y1
Canada

Phone	+1 780 492 9705
Email	bonnie.albrecht@ualberta.ca
Website	http://www.ualberta.ca/
"ROR"	https://ror.org/0160cpw27

Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Canada) - http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca (ref: MCT-75478)

No information available

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) (Canada)
Government organisation / Local government

Alternative name(s): AHFMR
Location: Canada

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan