South Carolina WIC Telehealth Solution

NCT05887869 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB.22-012
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

With funding through USDA and Tufts University's Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) project, the South Carolina WIC department will be implementing a telehealth solution for nutrition and breastfeeding support. The purpose of this study is to evaluate this telehealth solution. The research/evaluation involves completing online surveys. The evaluation will focus on participant satisfaction, usage of the telehealth solution, and use of information collected on the WIC participant through the WIC management information system (MIS). It is hypothesized that the telehealth solution will increase WIC participant's satisfaction with nutrition and breastfeeding support while also reducing the burden of attending in-person care.

Conditions

Telehealth; Nutrition Education; Breast Feeding; Dietary Intake; WIC

Keywords

Telehealth; WIC; nutrition education; breast feeding; dietary intake

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Satisfaction with the telehealth solution

  WIC clients satisfaction with nutrition education and breastfeeding support 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 18 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Breastfeeding duration

  During the study period, approximately 18 months

• Attendance at scheduled appointments

  During the study period, approximately 18 months

• Dietary intake

  During the study period, approximately 18 months

• Attitudes to breastfeeding and nutrition education

  During the study period, approximately 18 months

• Barriers encountered in obtaining nutrition education and breastfeeding support

  During the study period, approximately 18 months

Study Arms (2)

Telehealth solution

EXPERIMENTAL

Telehealth solution offered

Behavioral: Telehealth solution

Usual care

NO INTERVENTION

Control

Interventions

Telehealth solution BEHAVIORAL

Telehealth solution offered for nutrition education and breastfeeding support.

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
• Breastfeeding women
• Postpartum women with children in the age range of 0 to 5 years

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tufts University: lead
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): collaborator
• South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC): 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)

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Feeding

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding Behavior; Behavior

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 24, 2023
• First Posted: June 5, 2023
• Study Start: April 4, 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)