Clinical trials: Maternal Behavior
Sexual Risk Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Infections
Optimizing the Floreciendo Sexual and Reproductive Health Workshop for Latina Teens and Female Caregivers: A Pilot
Floreciendo is a sexual and reproductive health workshop for Latina teens (ages 14-18 years) and their female caregivers (e.g., mothers, sisters, grandmothers).
- Conditions
- Sexual Risk Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Unplanned Pregnancy
- Trial name
- Floreciendo (NCT06223165)
- Testing
- Floreciendo (Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, Family Strengthening, and Gender & Relationships), Floreciendo (Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, and Family Strengthening), Floreciendo (Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, Gender & Relationships)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Premature Birth, Birth Weight
Fresh RX: NHS 2020
This study is an evaluation of the Fresh Rx: Nourishing Healthy Starts program administered by Operation Food Search, a St. Louis-based nonprofit organization.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Birth Weight, Post Partum Depression, Health Care Utilization
- Trial name
- NCT04845230
- Testing
- FreshRx Nourishing Healthy Starts
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Breastfeeding
Web-based Breastfeeding Education for Adolescent Mothers
The present study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of web-based and face-to-face breastfeeding education given to primipara adolescent pregnant women.
- Trial name
- NCT06748300
- Testing
- web- based education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yuzuncu Yil University
Infant Nutrition Disorders, Health Behavior
Sharing Histories: Test of a Teaching Method for Community Health Workers
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an innovative methodology for training Community Health Workers that will improve their effectiveness in educating mothers to adopt best practice health behaviors in…
- Trial name
- NCT02903602
- Testing
- Sharing Histories training method for CHW, Standard training method for CHW
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Future Generations Graduate School
Exercise, Women
Conmigo: A Mother-daughter Intervention to Promote Physical Activity
Regular physical activity (PA) contributes to reduced risk of obesity, chronic disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, and can improve emotional and mental health, learning, productivity, and social skills.
- Conditions
- Exercise, Women, Hispanic Americans, Child
- Trial name
- Conmigo (NCT04736030)
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Dietary Habits, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
Evaluation Nutrition Education Intervention on Pulse and Cereal Mix for Complementary Food in Southern Ethiopia
The overall purpose of the study is to evaluate nutrition education interventions to promote pulse incorporated complementary food to the wider rural community through the government system to improve maternal knowledge, attitude…
- Conditions
- Dietary Habits, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT02638571
- Testing
- enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods
- Volunteers
- 772 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Weight Gain, Maternal; Diabetes Mellitus, Affecting Fetus
Tongji Maternal and Child Health Cohort
This is a population-based study to obtain data for the evaluation of current used recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy released by IOM (2007) and investigate the association between maternal diet and the health…
- Conditions
- Weight Gain, Maternal; Diabetes Mellitus, Affecting Fetus, Diet Habit, Pregnancy Complications
- Trial name
- TMCHC (NCT03099837)
- Volunteers
- 8,649 people
- Sponsor
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Opaque Bottles, Conventional, Clear Bottles
Opaque Bottle Study
The proposed research aimed to conduct an intervention study assessing the effect of feeding mode (clear versus opaque bottle) on the quality and outcome of infant feeding interactions.
- Trial name
- NCT03711370
- Testing
- Clear Bottle, Opaque Bottle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Language Development, Language Delay
A Language Intervention Study of Preterm Infants
This is a randomized controlled trial to study a reading intervention in the NICU among preterm infants using LENA (Language Environment Analysis) recordings, linguistic feedback, and a language curriculum to improve the neonatal…
- Conditions
- Language Development, Language Delay, Mother-Infant Interaction, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03688386
- Testing
- Reading intervention, Infant bonding, LENA recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Breast Feeding, Caesarean Section;Stillbirth
Skin-to-Skin Contact With a Sling in Primipar Mothers Who Delivered by Cesarean Section
The first hours after birth are critical for the physiological and psychological adaptation process of the newborn from intrauterine to extrauterine life.
- Trial name
- NCT06502860
- Testing
- skin to skin with sling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University
Exclusive Breastfeeding, Co-production of Health in Communities
A Mobile-health Pilot Experiment Targeting Mothers With Newborns in Rural Areas of San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala
The purpose of this study was to determine whether exposure to m-health platforms promoting recommended breastfeeding practices was effective in transmitting the exclusive breastfeeding message to participant mothers, and in…
- Trial name
- NCT02263118
- Testing
- Uni-directional SMS, Feature phone, Virtual communities
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Obesity, Childhood, Asthma in Children
Asthma and Obesity Diet Versus Exercise
Obesity is recognized as a pro-inflammatory condition associated with multiple chronic diseases, including asthma. The specific mechanisms linking asthma and obesity remain hypothetical.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Asthma in Children, Inflammatory Response, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03644355
- Testing
- Lifestyle counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
Preterm, Breastfeeding
The Effect of Breastfeeding Support System
This study aimed to examine the impact of a breastfeeding support system on breast milk production and mother-infant bonding in preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Preterm, Breastfeeding, Breast Milk, Breastfeeding Support System
- Trial name
- NCT06003959
- Testing
- Routine nursing care, breastfeeding support system
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Depression, Postpartum
Cerebral Synchronization Between Mothers and Their Newborns During Breastfeeding
Different reciprocal positions of mother and newborn during breastfeeding may be adopted. Other than the one derived from UNICEF guidelines, or standard position, an approach called biological nurturing has been recently…
- Trial name
- NCT05821569
- Testing
- Standard approach, Biological nurturing
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
Stress, Psychological, Maternal Health
Caring for Providers to Improve Patient Experience (CPIPE) Trial
The activities described in this proposal are aimed at addressing health care provider stress and unconscious bias to improve quality of maternal health care, particularly related to the person-centered dimensions of care-i.e.
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Maternal Health, Healthcare Provider, Adverse Outcomes
- Trial name
- CPIPE (NCT06085105)
- Testing
- CPIPE Training, Peer support groups, Mentorship
- Where
- 2 sites in Ghana, Kenya
- Volunteers
- 6,379 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Empowerment, Domestic Violence
Men Engagement in Women Empowerment for Improving Maternal Mental Health Through Cash Transfer and Life Skills Building
This project aims to offer Life Skills Building (LSB) intervention to Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Cash Transfer (CT) beneficiaries in couples in order to reduce domestic violence and depression and improve women…
- Conditions
- Empowerment, Domestic Violence, Depression, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- MEWE (NCT04125251)
- Testing
- Life Skills Building Training
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,696 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Primary Prevention of HIV Acquisition
Primary HIV Prevention in Pregnant and Lactating Ugandan Women
This study aims to test the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention aimed at preventing the primary acquisition of HIV by uninfected pregnant and lactating women in Uganda, East Africa where HIV transmission is high.
- Trial name
- PRIMAL (NCT01882998)
- Testing
- Extended repeat HIV testing and enhanced counseling
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Prematurity
Fact-based Nutrition for Infants and Lactating Mothers
Human milk (HM) is the ideal source of nutrients for infants, but its composition is highly variable. When not enough own mother's milk (OMM) is available, the administration of pasteurized donor human milk (DHM) is considered…
- Trial name
- NUTRISHIELD (NCT05646940)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Fe
Overweight, Obese
Post-delivery Maternal-offspring Obesity and Metabolic Risk After a Prepregnancy Weight-loss Intervention
The goal of PrepareD is to examine whether the prepregnancy weight-loss intervention administered during the Prepare trial [NCT02346162] has an influence in the postnatal period.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obese, Metabolic Disorders, Postpartum
- Trial name
- PrepareD (NCT06067126)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Bottle Feeding
Responsive Feeding Study
In the present study, we tested a novel approach to understanding infant bottle-feeding interactions: experimentally manipulating bottle-feeding conditions to better understand maternal and infant influences on overfeeding, as…
- Trial name
- RFS (NCT02284152)
- Testing
- infant-led feeding
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University