NCT06859372: NCFN

Nurturing Care Family Navigator

Active, enrolled NA Last updated 3 February 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Nurturing Care Family Navigator in Food Insecurity Among Children in 72 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline

10 March 2025

Primary endpoint
30 January 2027

31 May 2027

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Phase	NA
Status	Active, enrolled
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	72
Start date	10 March 2025
Primary completion	30 January 2027
Estimated completion	31 May 2027
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Nurturing Care Family Navigator

Conditions studied

• Food Insecurity Among Children — all drugs for Food Insecurity Among Children →
• Food Insecurity in Post Partum Women — all drugs for Food Insecurity in Post Partum Women →
• Care Coordination in Primary Care — all drugs for Care Coordination in Primary Care →
• Preventive Care / Anticipatory Guidance — all drugs for Preventive Care / Anticipatory Guidance →

Sponsor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Who can join

18 and older, female only, with Food Insecurity Among Children or Food Insecurity in Post Partum Women. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to determine whether a 6-month behavioral health intervention with a Nurturing Care Family Navigator (NCFN) improves levels of food security among postpartum low-income Medicaid or uninsured women identified as having very low or low food security in the past 12 months. We hypothesize that a behavioral health intervention applying a multisectoral nurturing care navigation approach facilitating access to health, nutrition, early learning, responsive care, and security and safety resources is likely to decrease levels of maternal-child food insecurity. The main question it aims to answer is:

* Does the behavioral health intervention with a Nurturing Care Family Navigator (NCFN) improves levels of food security? Outcome 1: Improve levels of food security
* Does the behavioral health intervention with a Nurturing Care Family Navigator (NCFN) increase knowledge to navigate barriers across the four pillars of food insecurity? Outcome 2: Increase knowledge across the four pillars of food insecurity
* Does the behavioral health intervention with a Nurturing Care Family Navigator (NCFN) increase self-efficacy to secure and sustain enrollment with community nurturing care services? Outcome 3: Increase self-efficacy to secure and sustain enrollment with community nurturing care services

Researchers will compare levels of food security among those receiving a navigation behavioral health intervention (consisted of 1:1 tailored navigation session and an educational workbook) compared to those receiving an educational workbook with messages across the four pillars of food insecurity (standard of care).

Participants will:

* Engage in intense weekly navigation 1:1 tailored session for 3 months
* Engage in follow up monthly navigation 1:1 tailored session for 3 months
* Participate in evaluation calls with a research assistant at enrollment, 3, 6, 12 months

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.