Navigator support may boost health for hospitalized children

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

INCLUSION CRITERIA: Aim 1 - Caregiver-Child Dyads Sample Caregiver-child dyads will be eligible to participate in the study if they meet the following criteria assessed during the recruitment and enrollment process: 1. children are hospitalized on the general pediatric/pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) team/service 2. the child is between the ages of 0-17 3. the child's caregiver is \>17 years-old 4. the caregiver speaks English or Spanish 5. the family lives in the same county as the hospital or in a neighboring county to the hospital 6. the child is not in Child Protective Services custody 7. the family has not previously been enrolled in the study 8. the caregiver screens positive for \>=1 of the following social risks: food insecurity, housing instability, housing quality concerns, transportation needs, utilities needs, child care needs, or financial strain 9. the family is not enrolled in another social needs assistance-related research study (e.g., another social needs navigation study) Aim 2 - Caregiver and Community-based Organization (CBO) Qualitative Interviews Sample Caregivers of children enrolled in Aim 1 will be eligible for study interviews. CBO staff will be eligible to participate if they are: 1. \> 17 years old 2. speak English or Spanish 3. work at a CBO serving the area in which patients at the study sites live EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Aim 1 - Caregiver-Child Dyads Sample Participants will be excluded from participation if they are: 1. not hospitalized or hospitalized outside of general/PHM SERVICE 2. children are 18 years of age or older 3. caregiver/guardians are under the age of 18 years of age 4. caregivers are do not speak English or Spanish 5. the family does not live in the same or neighboring county of the recruitment hospital 6. the child is under the care of Child Protective Services custody 7. the family has already been previously enrolled in the study 8. the caregiver does not screen positive for any of the following social risks: food insecurity, housing instability, housing quality concerns, transportation needs, utilities needs, child care needs, or financial strain 9. the family is already enrolled in a social needs assistance-related research study (e.g., another social needs navigation study) Aim 2 - Caregiver and CBO qualitative interviews Caregivers of children not enrolled in Aim 1 will not be eligible to participate study interviews. CBO staff will not be eligible to participate if they are: 1. under 18 years of age 2. do not speak English or Spanish 3. do not work at a CBO serving the recruitment site areas