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The Grief Navigation Trial: A Comparison of Two Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death
The Grief Navigation Trial: A Multi-Site Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Parents or caregivers of ME cases involving a person \< 25 years old from one of the following offices: Cook County Medical Examiners, Lake County Coroners, DuPage County Coroner, Will County Coroner, McHenry County Coroner, Kane County Coroner, Peoria County Coroner * Parents or caregivers who provide permission to the ME to be referred to Missing Pieces * Parent or caregivers who are referred to Missing Pieces by a ME * Parents or caregivers able to read and communicate in English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * Parents or caregivers unable to read or communicate in English or Spanish * Parents or caregivers under the age of 18 years old
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- CommunityRx-Bereavement (other)
- General Bereavement Support Information (other)
Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Participants: 2,000 · Started: Mar 4, 2024
Contact the study team
- Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH · Phone: 312-227-4800
- Carolyn Sutter, PhD · Phone: 312-227-7059
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06136260
Locations in the U.S.
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.