Assessing the CenteringPregnancy Planning to Parent Innovation

NCT02856711 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: H-34199
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 41
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators propose to evaluate how the CenteringPregnancy curriculum compared with an enhanced curriculum, with the addition of 2 trauma-informed interventions, affects how new parents prepare for parenting and respond to common stressors.

Conditions

Stress, Psychologic; Pregnancy

Keywords

Group Prenatal Visits,CenteringPregnancy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Sources of parenting information

  1 month postpartum

• Types of parenting support used

  1 month postpartum

• Types of parental behaviors demonstrated

  1 month postpartum

• Frequency of depressed moods (scale)

  1 month postpartum

• Parents' levels of social support

  1 month postpartum

• Frequency of parenting stress (scale)

  1 month postpartum

Other Outcomes (12)

• Gestational age at first prenatal visit

  1 month postpartum

• Number of prenatal visits

  1 month postpartum

• Gestational age at delivery

  1 month postpartum

Study Arms (2)

Trauma-informed group

EXPERIMENTAL

These groups will use the enhanced Centering Pregnancy curriculum.

Behavioral: Trauma-informed group

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

These groups will use the standard CenteringPregnancy curriculum.

Interventions

Trauma-informed group BEHAVIORAL

The two interventions will be: 1) A viewing of "All Babies Cry" and a discussion of what it's like to be a new parent, 2) A "Planning to Parent" stress activity where parents discuss when they have felt overwhelmed, the coping mechanisms they used, and what can be done to manage those emotions in the future. The goal of this project is to gain insight from current participants in CenteringPregnancy group care around the ways that these interventions can better prepare parents to deal with the common stresses of parenthood.

Trauma-informed group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Fluent in English language. Able to complete a written survey in English.
• Currently participating in CenteringPregnancy groups at Boston Medical Center.
• A woman at least 18 years old or older.

You may not qualify if:

• Women who do not attend the sessions where the intervention are conducted
• Women \<18 years old will not be recruited. All participants will be 18 years old or older.
• Not fluent in English language.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston Medical Center: lead
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Beth Monahan

  Boston Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Health Outreach & Evaluation Coordinator, Vital Village Network, General Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2016
• First Posted: August 5, 2016
• Study Start: November 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2016
• Study Completion: November 1, 2016
• Last Updated: November 23, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-11

Locations

US (1)