A Randomized Trial of Effects of Parent Mentors on Insuring Minority Children (ICPSR 35866)

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Glenn Flores, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

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This study is a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of parent mentors (PMs) versus traditional Medicaid/CHIP outreach in insuring uninsured minority children. It collects insurance and health data from 300 initially uninsured Latino and African-American children eligible for Medicaid/CHIP residing in Dallas County, where 90 percent of uninsured children are Latino or African American. Participants are assessed monthly for a year.

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1R01HD066219)

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African Americans children health insurance Hispanic or Latino Americans

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United States

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NICHD funded the PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION of this project.
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