THIS-WIC Telehealth Solutions: Evaluation With North Carolina WIC Clients

NCT05854199 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: STUDY00002935
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 892
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

With funding through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Tufts University's Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) project, North Carolina (NC) WIC department will be implementing new, nutrition education telehealth in NC's WIC program. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the telehealth platform. The evaluation will focus on NC WIC clients as the study population. The North Carolina WIC department would be implementing this education platform, regardless of the evaluation research. The North Carolina WIC department is responsible for implementing this new intervention, while the Tufts University research team is responsible for the evaluation of this platform through surveys and analysis of administrative data. An online survey will be used to gauge WIC clients' satisfaction with the telehealth solution and the impact of the telehealth solution compared to usual care on breastfeed duration, dietary intake, attendance at scheduled appointments, attitudes to breastfeeding and nutrition education, and barriers encountered. Survey data will be combined with previously collected data on clients and their families from the NC Management Information Systems (MIS), and aggregate level data from the telehealth solution about utilization.

Conditions

Telehealth; Nutrition Education; Dietary Intake; WIC

Keywords

Telehealth; WIC; nutrition education; dietary intake

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Satisfaction with the telehealth solution

  WIC clients satisfaction with nutrition education offered via the telehealth solution compared to usual care. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.

  During the study period, approximately 12 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Breastfeeding duration

  During the study period, approximately 12 months

• Attendance at scheduled appointments

  During the study period, approximately 12 months

• Dietary intake

  During the study period, approximately 12 months

• Attitudes to breastfeeding and nutrition education

  During the study period, approximately 12 months

• Barriers encountered in obtaining nutrition education

  During the study period, approximately 12 months

Study Arms (2)

Telehealth solution

EXPERIMENTAL

Telehealth solution offered

Behavioral: Telehealth solution

Usual care

NO INTERVENTION

Control

Interventions

Telehealth solution BEHAVIORAL

Telehealth nutrition education platform

Telehealth solution

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• pregnant women
• postpartum women
• parent/guardian of a participating infant or child in the WIC program
• Study participants will be clients at local WIC agency sites where either the telehealth solution is offered or where only usual care is available (control).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tufts University: lead
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): collaborator
• North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: collaborator
• RTI International: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Tufts University

Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States

Location

Related Links

• Tufts Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) website

Study Officials

• Erin Hennessy, PhD

  Tufts University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor, Division of Nutrition Interventions, Communication and Behavior Change Director ad interim, ChildObesity180 Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Model Details: Study participants will be clients at local WIC agency sites where either the telehealth solution is offered or where only usual care is available (control).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2023
• First Posted: May 11, 2023
• Study Start: August 16, 2022
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2023
• Study Completion: November 30, 2023
• Last Updated: May 31, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)