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The Grief Navigation Trial: A Comparison of Two Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death
Led by Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Updated on 2025-05-01
2000
Participants Needed
7
Research Sites
204 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
A
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Lead Sponsor
U
University of Chicago
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Parents of children who die traumatically or unexpectedly from things like suicide or an overdose suffer from mental and physical health problems and can experience massive disruptions in their family life. For about half of these parents, the first, and sometimes only, interactions they have with the healthcare system when their child dies are with a medical examiner or coroner (hereafter 'ME'). But MEs have little to no training in helping grieving families, and there are no standards guiding medical examiners or coroners on how or even if they should help grieving families. This gap leaves parents to find the help they need on their own. This research will test two different strategies for addressing this gap in the healthcare system.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
The Grief Navigation Trial: A Comparison of Two Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Parents or caregivers of medical examiner cases involving a person under 25 years old from specific county offices
- Parents or caregivers who give permission to the medical examiner to be referred to Missing Pieces
- Parents or caregivers referred to Missing Pieces by a medical examiner
- Parents or caregivers able to read and communicate in English or Spanish
You will not qualify if you...
- Parents or caregivers unable to read or communicate in English or Spanish
- Parents or caregivers under 18 years old
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 7 locations
1
Cook County Medical Examiner's Office
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
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2
Will County Coroner's Office
Joliet, Illinois, United States, 60432
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3
Peoria County Coroner's Office
Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61603
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4
Kane County Coroner's Office
Saint Charles, Illinois, United States, 60175
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5
Lake County Coroner's Office
Waukegan, Illinois, United States, 60085
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6
DuPage County Coroner's Office
Wheaton, Illinois, United States, 60187
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7
McHenry County Coroner's Office
Woodstock, Illinois, United States, 60098
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Research Team
K
Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH
CONTACT
C
Carolyn Sutter, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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