Clinical trials: Maternal Behavior
Mental Health, Parenting / Maternal Behavior
Healing Hearts: A Mindfulness App for Parents Navigating Divorce or Separation
This study examines online programs for parents navigating divorce or separation. Researchers will study whether a self-guided mindfulness app called Healing Hearts, followed by a self-guided online parenting program called the…
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Parenting / Maternal Behavior, Parenting Anxiety, Parenting Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT07871916
- Testing
- Healing Hearts, electronic New Beginnings Program, Curated internet resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Maternal Nutrition, Child Nutrition
Climate-Responsive Nutrition, WASH, and Heat Counselling for Maternal and Child Health in Sindh, Pakistan
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a climate- and gender-responsive integrated package of nutrition, hygiene (WASH), and heat-adaptation counselling can improve maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes…
- Trial name
- IGNIT3 (NCT07819994)
- Testing
- Training of Lady Health Workers (LHWs), Training of Healthcare Providers (HCPs) at Facilities
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Metabolic Disease, Mental Health Wellness 1
Healthy Early Life Moments in Singapore
This study aims to assess whether an integrated continuum of care from the preconception period, across maternity until the first 18 months of life, can promote maternal metabolic and mental health, as well as offspring health…
- Conditions
- Metabolic Disease, Mental Health Wellness 1, Lifestyle Risk Reduction, Maternal Obesity
- Trial name
- HELMS (NCT05207059)
- Testing
- HELMS Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Autism Disorders and Maternal Stress, Development Delay
Perinatal Autism Genetics and Epigenetics Study
The University of Iowa's Center for Disabilities and Development is researching how pregnancy, early childhood experiences, and genetic factors influence child development, with a focus on autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Conditions
- Autism Disorders and Maternal Stress, Development Delay, Prenatal Stress, Social Behavior
- Trial name
- PAGES (NCT07738003)
- Testing
- Change in child's DNA methylation, Perinatal stress, Early social experience
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Postpartum Period, Anxiety
Mindfulness-Based Postpartum Discharge Education on Maternal Role and Anxiety
This study will be conducted as a quasi-experimental research with a pretest-posttest control group design at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Research and Practice Hospital, aiming to…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Period, Anxiety, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT07702058
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Provider Confidence, Provider Behavior
Multilevel Community-Centered Intervention to Reduce Pregnancy Related and Associated Morbidity and Mortality (PRAMM) Disparities
The goal of the study involving human subjects is to train providers to address patient-provider interactions. The study will survey providers to assess pre-post knowledge, understanding, and behavior changes.
- Trial name
- NCT07025057
- Testing
- Provider training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Food Insecurity, Maternal Psychological Distress
Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Child Dental Behavior
identifying children with dental uncooperative behavior among those who suffered from food insecurity will enable to implement preventive strategies and early intervention.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Maternal Psychological Distress, Child Dental Behavior
- Trial name
- FI (NCT04186689)
- Testing
- Routine Dental Examination
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dina darwish
Maternal Behavior
Evaluation of Prototype Solutions for Optimizing Maternal Health Behaviors
This study is a three-year implementation research project that aims to develop and test the effectiveness and acceptability of interventions to promote three outcomes: institutional delivery, antenatal care, and iron-folic acid…
- Trial name
- NCT05907720
- Testing
- Human-centered design prototype solutions for vulnerable pregnant women
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,468 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Maternal Cardiometabolic Health, Molecular Impact of Psychological Stress and Socioeconomic Adversity
Conscious Pregnancy: Supporting Maternal Cardiometabolic Health With Mindfulness
A pilot randomized control trial (RCT) to examine the efficacy of a culturally tailored mindfulness intervention upon fasting cardiometabolic factors (including markers of glycemic control) and inflammatory gene expression in…
- Conditions
- Maternal Cardiometabolic Health, Molecular Impact of Psychological Stress and Socioeconomic Adversity, Maternal Inflammatory Markers, Maternal Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT06898658
- Testing
- Mindfulness Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Maternal Depression, Child Behavior Problem
Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up and Depression Treatment
Maternal depression influences the development of children's behavior problems and vice versa; however most interventions singularly address maternal depression or children's behavior problems rather than both.
- Trial name
- ABC+D (NCT05096611)
- Testing
- Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch up, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch up Plus Depression Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Period
Short-Term Mindfulness Intervention for Anxiety and Maternal Attachment in NICU Mothers
This randomized controlled study aims to evaluate the effects of a short-term mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on anxiety levels and maternal attachment in mothers whose infants are admitted to the Neonatal…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Period, Maternal Behavior, Psychological Stress
- Trial name
- NCT07520435
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Postpartum Period, Maternal Mental Health
Brief Psycho-educational Intervention to Enhance Maternal Reflective Functioning in the Early Postpartum Among Primiparous: Pilot Study
This randomized pilot trial tests a brief psycho-educational group program designed to enhance maternal reflective functioning (RF)-the capacity to understand one's own and the baby's behavior in terms of thoughts and…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Period, Maternal Mental Health, Parenting / Maternal Behavior, Primiparity (First-Time Mothers)
- Trial name
- NCT07318168
- Testing
- Thinking Emotions - Postpartum RF Group
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Preterm Birth, Injuries
Nurse-Family Partnership Impact Evaluation in South Carolina
This study evaluates the effects of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), an established home-visiting program, using a scientifically rigorous individual-level randomized controlled trial.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Injuries, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- NFP (NCT03360539)
- Testing
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,670 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Language Delay, Language Development
Combined Oral Motor Stimulation and Language on Preterm Infant Feeding
This is a randomized controlled trial to study an oromotor stimulation in combination with a reading curriculum in the NICU among preterm infants using oral muscle exercises, Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recordings…
- Conditions
- Language Delay, Language Development, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Mother-Infant Interaction
- Trial name
- NCT05861531
- Testing
- Oromotor stimulation, Reading curriculum, LENA recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Maternal Exposure, Health Behavior
Brain Probiotic and LC-PUFA Intervention for Optimum Early Life
Probiotics is suggested to play several roles in promoting health, including alleviating disease symptoms, protection against atopic disease, and modulating the immune system by improving the beneficial gut microbiota…
- Conditions
- Maternal Exposure, Health Behavior, Infant Development, Child Development
- Trial name
- BRAVE (NCT03851120)
- Testing
- Probiotics and LC-PUFA (480 mg DHA), Psychosocial stimulation and healthy eating education
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 314 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Maternal Health, Prenatal Care
Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services and Infant Feeding Practices
The goal of this observational study is to assess household food insecurity among slum-dwelling women in India and to explore if household food insecurity is associated with maternal healthcare services utilization and infant…
- Conditions
- Maternal Health, Prenatal Care, Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- HTHMCH (NCT06601439)
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute
Parent-Child Relations, Maternal Behavior
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Mother-Infant Synchrony Among Women With Childhood Adversity
Childhood adversity affects almost two-thirds of the US population, is a major risk factor for the leading causes of disease and increases US economic health burdens.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Maternal Behavior, Infant Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04818112
- Testing
- ATVV, Attention control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Maternal Behavior, Injuries
The Mother in Norway Study
The Norwegian government is implementing the Nurse Family Partnership program (NFP) to combat child abuse and social inequality. This study will examine NFP with an individually randomized controlled parallel-group trial.
- Conditions
- Maternal Behavior, Injuries, Violence, Mental Health Wellness
- Trial name
- MiNS (NCT05895604)
- Testing
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Where
- 5 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
Pain, Breast Feeding
Non-Pharmacological Methods for Reducing Pain During Vaccination in Infants
Pain management in infants is a medical responsibility of all members of the healthcare team, and nurses hold a privileged role in this regard.
- Conditions
- Pain, Breast Feeding, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06886412
- Testing
- Maternal Holding Intervention Group, Breast Feeding Intervention Group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Yalova
Cardiovascular Diseases, Infant ALL
Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH)
This pilot study aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of adding a cardiovascular health module to the existing Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) home visitation program delivered by trained nurses in the Northern…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Infant ALL, Maternal Behavior, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- ENRICH (NCT05824741)
- Testing
- Infant Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Promotion
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University