Clinical trials: Postpartum Care
Behavioral Changes
The Effect of an Emancipatory Knowing-Based Training Program on the Carbon Footprint of Postpartum Nursing Care
This study aims to examine the effect of a training program based on Emancipatory Knowing on nurses' awareness and practices related to carbon footprint reduction in postpartum nursing care.
- Trial name
- NCT07473219
- Testing
- PEACE+G Model-Based Emancipatory Knowing Training Program
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
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
Hyperbilirubinemia, Jaundice
Improving Health Outcomes for New Mothers and Babies
Because adherence to postnatal care guidelines across the United States (U.S.) is poor, newborns and mothers often are placed at undue risk for adverse medical and social outcomes.
- Conditions
- Hyperbilirubinemia, Jaundice, Dehydration, Postpartum Depression
- Trial name
- NCT00360204
- Testing
- Home Nurse Visit
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Preterm Birth, Health Care Utilization
Testing Feasibility of Care Coordination and Motivational Interviewing for Women With a Recent Preterm Birth
This study continues an adaptation of care coordination to address the needs of women after preterm birth. This is a small single arm open trial designed to test intervention implementation and refine the intervention before…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Health Care Utilization, Tobacco Use, Contraceptive Usage
- Trial name
- NCT05120843
- Testing
- Care coordination and motivational interviewing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pregnancy, Premature Birth
Development of a Nationally Scalable Model of Group Prenatal Care to Improve Birth Outcomes: "Expect With Me"
This study addresses the intractable challenges of adverse birth outcomes, including preterm delivery and low birthweight, by proposing the development, implementation and evaluation of a model of group prenatal care that could…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Premature Birth, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Postpartum Period
- Trial name
- NCT02169024
- Testing
- Expect With Me group prenatal care, Standard individual prenatal care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Postpartum Period
Mirena Intrauterine System Timing of Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial
In order to determine the timing of LNG-IUS insertion that results in a greater proportion of women using the LNG-IUS at 6-months post-partum, we will perform a randomized control trial of interval versus immediate post-placenta…
- Trial name
- MISTIC (NCT01272960)
- Testing
- Post-Placenta Mirena Insertion, Interval Insertion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Tuberculosis (TB), Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
Burden of Tuberculosis Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Guinea-Bissau
This study aims to address critical diagnostic and data gaps in tuberculosis (TB) care among pregnant and postpartum women in Guinea-Bissau, a high-burden, resource-limited setting.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis (TB), Tuberculosis Infection, Latent, Pregnancy, Tuberculosis Diagnosis
- Trial name
- TIPP (NCT07419568)
- Testing
- Enhanced protocol
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital
Maternal Care Patterns
The Correlation Between Maternal Infant Bonding, Pain and Postpartum Depression
The delivery process can be associated with significant maternal pain. which has many long and short term affects. The aim of our study is to assess whether pain during and after childbirth negatively impacts a mother's…
- Trial name
- NCT05206552
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
Pregnancy
Evaluation of the Effects of Community-based Interventions
Maternal death is a substantial burden in developing countries. In Bangladesh, recent studies have suggested that a large proportion of women giving birth in rural areas experience pregnancy and delivery related complications.
- Trial name
- NCT00198731
- Testing
- Care Seeking for Obstetric Complication
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,506 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth
Group Antenatal/Postnatal Care in Rwanda
The focus of this work is to improve antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) at the health center level in five districts in Rwanda (Bugesera, Burera, Nyamasheke, Nyarugenge, and Rubavu).
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth, Preterm Labor, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PTBi Rwanda (NCT03154177)
- Testing
- Group ANC/PNC, Ultrasound+Pregnancy Testing
- Where
- 2 sites in Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 26,381 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Contraceptive Usage
Increase First-time Mothers' Use of Postpartum Family Planning in Bangladesh: The Connect Project
While a growing body of programs have shown promise to increase uptake of contraception among FTMs, difficulties remain in scaling beyond small pilot areas and institutionalizing within existing systems.
- Trial name
- Connect BD (NCT06666036)
- Testing
- Connect
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,308 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Depression, Anxiety, Antenatal Depression
Integration of Stepped Care for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Among Women Attending MCH Clinics
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD), defined as depression and anxiety during pregnancy or up to 1 year postpartum, account for substantial morbidity and mortality among birthing people globally especially in low- and…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Antenatal Depression, Postnatal Depression
- Trial name
- IPMH (NCT06456307)
- Testing
- Integrated Perinatal Mental health program (systematic screening for PMAD, PM+ and tele-psychiatry)
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 2,970 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kenyatta National Hospital
Postnatal Complication
Family Led Postnatal Care in Ethiopia
Family-led Postnatal Care-FPNC A midwife involves families and uses a visual checklist to assess and counsel. The midwife then gives families the checklist along with information on how to retrieve a "homecare kit" that has a…
- Trial name
- FPNC (NCT05563974)
- Testing
- Family led postnatal care
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jhpiego
Postpartum Infection, Neonatal Infection
Intervention Zambia Rural L&D Infection Study
This is the intervention phase of a study to investigate the impact of low-cost bundled interventions on improving the infection control practices in the labor and delivery units in rural healthcare settings in Zambia.
- Trial name
- NCT03809741
- Testing
- Bundled L&D Infection Prevention Interventions
- Where
- 5 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Postpartum Complication, Health Care Seeking Behavior
Community Health Worker Assessment for Postpartum Health
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to compare the CAREPATH intervention with standard of care on postpartum outcomes among up to 500 postpartum individuals.
- Trial name
- CAREPATH (NCT07572604)
- Testing
- CAREPATH, Standard of Care
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Contraception
Study of Birth Control Use After Childbirth
This study is a randomized controlled trial that will evaluate the impact of a brief educational script on the method of birth control that women receive at their 6-week postpartum visit.
- Trial name
- NCT01443533
- Testing
- LARC Script
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- WakeMed Health and Hospitals
HIV
Home-based Partner Education and Testing (HOPE) Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of home-based couple HIV-testing and counseling and male partner education on partner HIV testing and other critical maternal and infant health outcomes during pregnancy and…
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT01784783)
- Testing
- HOPE Intervention, INVITE Intervention
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 601 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Breast Feeding, Family Planning
Kilkari Impact Evaluation
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Media Action is presently implementing two large scale mobile health (mHealth) initiatives in India: Kilkari and Mobile Academy.
- Conditions
- Breast Feeding, Family Planning, Essential Newborn Care, Training of Frontline Health Workers
- Trial name
- NCT03576157
- Testing
- Kilkari
- Where
- 2 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 5,095 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Post Partum
Advance Supply of Emergency Contraception Compared to Routine Postpartum Care in Teens
This is a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of advanced supply of emergency contraception versus routine care in a teen postpartum population.
- Trial name
- NCT00433004
- Testing
- Plan B (Levonorgestrel)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Early Postpartum and Newborn Care, Maternal Mortality
Post Partum Maternal and Neonatal Intervention Package
Introduction of a community-based intervention package including prevention strategies, early recognition and management of common postpartum \& neonatal problems, as well as prompt referral of high risk/complicated cases through…
- Conditions
- Early Postpartum and Newborn Care, Maternal Mortality, Neonatal Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT01389219
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University