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Integrating Well-Woman and Well-Baby Care to Improve Parenting and Family Wellness

A study testing Centering parenting/Group well child care in people with Primary Care, run by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

We hypothesize that relative to families who receive standard individual postpartum and pediatric care, families that receive group care will be more likely to have: Improved maternal and child health behaviors: i.e increased breastfeeding, exercise, child safety measures in the home and decreased smoking. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Primary Care
What is being tested?
Centering parenting/Group well child care
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
170 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Oct 2008to May 2010
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Postpartum woman with baby in her care
  • Receive well-woman care, well-child care and interviews in English
  • Willingness to receive care in a group setting
  • Woman planning to receive care at the Yale Women's Center for herself and the Primary Care Center for her baby

Who cannot join

  • severe medical problem requiring individualized care for mother or baby
  • Baby born at less than 37 weeks gestation
  • Baby remaining in hospital when mother getting discharged for any other reason except hyperbilirubinemia
  • Baby with severe cardiac, respiratory, neuro-developmental or surgical problems

About this study

We hypothesize that relative to families who receive standard individual postpartum and pediatric care, families that receive group care will be more likely to have:

  • Improved maternal and child health behaviors: i.e increased breastfeeding, exercise, child safety measures in the home and decreased smoking.
  • Better health care use for babies: i.e. attend more care visits, on-time and complete immunizations and decreased emergency services use.
  • Better psychosocial outcomes for the families: i.e. decreased stress and depression, and increased social support.
  • Improved parenting skills: i.e. improved knowledge of child development, involvement in developmentally appropriate activities, and parental sense of competence.
Conditions
Primary Care
Being tested
Centering parenting/Group well child care, Standard Care
Keywords
primary care, high-risk families, maternal depression

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Centering parenting/Group well child careOther

    Intervention families will receive well child care in a group format for the first 12 month of the child's life.

  • Standard CareOther

Study groups in NCT00782028
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Standard CareNo interventionNo intervention consists of routine well child care
Receives: Other: Standard Care
Centering parenting/Group well child careOtherNot described
Receives: Other: Centering parenting/Group well child care

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Improved maternal and child health behaviors will be measured using a computer assisted interview.

    Measured: Interviews will be given at 2 weeks, 6 and 12 months of age.

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Better health care utilization for babies will be measured using Medical records review.

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Better psychosocial outcomes for mothers, fathers and babies will be measured using a computer assisted interview.

    Measured: 2 weeks, 6 months and 12 months of age

  3. Improved parenting skills will be assessed using a computer assisted inteview.

    Measured: 2 weeks, 6 months ad 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Oct 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2008
  3. Primary completionMay 2010 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMay 2010 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
170 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00782028
Sponsor's protocol ID
R21 HDJ2810-01A1
Status last verified
Oct 2008
First submitted
28 Oct 2008
Last updated
29 Oct 2008
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Centering parenting/Group well child care in people with Primary Care, run by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Oct 2008. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Improved maternal and child health behaviors will be measured using a computer assisted interview. (time frame: Interviews will be given at 2 weeks, 6 and 12 months of age.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Oct 2008.

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