Feasibility Study on the Model School Pediatric Health Initiative Pilot Project

This is a prospective cross sectional study to assess the feasibility of a school based health centre (SBHC) at Sprucecourt Public School, an inner-city elementary school in Toronto. The SBHC allows inner-city children who face barriers to accessing health care the opportunity to receive health care in their school.The primary aim of this study is to determine utilization of the SBHC. Establishing feasibility of the SBHC would support further development and expansion of this program into other inner city schools.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: School Board Health Centers
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Students attending SBHC

Detailed Description

A chart review of the first year of the SBHC was conducted. Feasibility metrics included the number of children who enrolled at the SBHC. Efficacy metrics included the proportion of enrolled children who enrolled at SBHC. Efficacy metrics included the proportion of enrolled children who attended and received new diagnoses and treatment plans

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 127

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Ontario
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
      • The Hospital for Sick Children

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 day to 12 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All students of Sprucecourt Public School as well as the fourteen surrounding inner city public schools and their siblings. All children attending the on-site Parenting and Family Literacy Centre.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All students at Sprucecourt Public School and the surrounding fourteen schools, as well as their siblings (ages 0-12 years), who are enrolled at and have consent to attend the SBHC
• All infants and preschool aged children attending the on-site Parenting and Family Literacy Centre who are enrolled at the SBHC

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Students attending SBHC; Students who attend the SBHC from either Sprucecourt Public School or any other participating schools.	Other: Students attending SBHC; School based health clinic. This is a cohort study as such there is only one group of children who used the SBHC

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Enrolled Participants Who Attended SBHC	The primary objectives are to determine utilization of the SBHC including: The number of students who are enrolled at the SBHC; The number of enrolled students enrolled who attended the SBHC	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Students Attending SBHC With New Treatment Plans	Proportion of children seen in the clinic with treatment plans	1 year
Number of Students Attending SBHC With New Diagnoses	Number of students attending SBHC with new diagnoses	1 year
Number of Referrals Made of Students Attending SBHC	Number of referrals of the 127 students who attended the SBHC from 8 months-1 year of the opening of the clinic	1 year

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Students Enrolled in SBHC Who Were From the Host School (Sprucecourt)	The number of students who enrolled in SBHC who were from the host school Sprucecourt	8 months
Sprucecourt Public School Vs Other Participating Schools	To compare the number of students who attend the SBHC from the host school (Sprucecourt Public School) with the number of students who attend the SBHC from the other participating schools	8 months
Number of Students Triaged From School Support Team Meetings	The number of students triaged from SST meetings was not collected.	1 year
Number of Students Referred to SBHC Who Attended SBHC	This data was not collected.	8 months
Follow-up Appointments	Attendance at follow-up appoints was not collected.	1 year
Absenteeism	Outcome data comparing absenteeism in the school with the year preceding the SBHC was not collected	1 year
Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)Status	OHIP status of students attending the clinic was not reported or collected	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jonathon Maguire, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 21, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 28, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): August 31, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): May 24, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 15, 2016
• Last Verified: April 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Pediatrics; School Board Health Center
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1000025631