Monitoring and Outreach for Maternal Safety Postpartum

NCT06899737 | Completed Results DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 2025-02-031R43MD019206-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Two arm study, intervention and control, to explore the impact of an online training program to help community health workers (CHWs) conduct effective outreach to support postpartum mothers, particularly those at higher risk for complications.

Conditions

Postpartum; Women; Community Health Workers; Knowledge; High-risk; Self Efficacy; Intention; Attitude

Keywords

Community health workers; Postpartum; Support for high risk postpartum women; Women

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (10)

• Knowledge Pretest Score

  Multiple-choice questions on content related to postpartum care, self-care practices, and needs of postpartum mothers based on information from the MOMS Postpartum course lessons. The score is reported on a scale of 0 to 100, calculated as the percentage of correctly answered questions. Higher scores indicate greater knowledge.

  Pretest (Baseline)

• Knowledge Posttest Score

  Multiple-choice questions on content related to postpartum care, self-care practices, and needs of postpartum mothers based on information from the MOMS Postpartum course lessons. The score is reported on a scale of 0 to 100, calculated as the percentage of correctly answered questions. Higher scores indicate greater knowledge.

  Posttest (1 week after baseline)

• Skills Pretest Score

  Likert scale ranging from 1 (no experience) to 10 (extensive experience), with a higher score being a better outcome, on conducting education and outreach to postpartum mothers and how to support postpartum mothers

  Pretest (Baseline)

• Skills Posttest Score

  Likert scale ranging from 1 (no experience) to 10 (extensive experience), with a higher score being a better outcome, on conducting education and outreach to postpartum mothers and how to support postpartum mothers

  Posttest (1 week after baseline)

• Self-efficacy Pretest Score

  Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 10 (strongly agree) to measure CHWs' beliefs that they can effectively support postpartum mothers

  Pretest (Baseline)

• Self-efficacy Posttest Score

  Likert scale ranging from 1 (no experience) to 10 (extensive experience), with a higher score being a better outcome, to measure CHWs' beliefs that they can effectively support postpartum mothers

  Posttest (1 week after baseline)

• Attitudes Pretest Score

  Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 10 (strongly agree) on attitudes conducting education and outreach to postpartum mothers and how to support postpartum mothers

  Pretest (Baseline)

• Attitudes Posttest Score

  Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 10 (strongly agree) on attitudes conducting education and outreach to postpartum mothers and how to support postpartum mothers

  Posttest (1 week after baseline)

• Intentions Pretest Score

  Likert scale ranging from 1 (extremely unlikely) to 10 (extremely likely) on intentions conducting education and outreach to postpartum mothers and how to support postpartum mothers

  Pretest (Baseline)

• Intentions Posttest Score

  Likert scale ranging from 1 (extremely unlikely) to 10 (extremely likely) on intentions conducting education and outreach to postpartum mothers and how to support postpartum mothers

  Posttest (1 week after baseline)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Satisfaction at Posttest

  Posttest (1 weeks after baseline)

Other Outcomes (5)

• Change in Knowledge Scores From Pretest to Posttest

  From pretest to posttest (1 week)

• Change in Skills Scores From Pretest to Posttest

  From pretest to posttest (1 week)

• Change in Self-Efficacy Scores From Pretest to Posttest

  From pretest to posttest (1 week)

Study Arms (2)

Treatment: MOMS Postpartum course

EXPERIMENTAL

Community health workers (CHWs) in the treatment group will complete the MOMS Postpartum course online training program. They will engage with the training materials, apply learned concepts, and complete pretest and posttest assessments to measure changes in their knowledge, skills, attitudes, intentions and self-efficacy.

Other: MOMS Postpartum Course

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Community health workers (CHWs) in the control group will not receive access to the MOMS Postpartum course training during the study period. Their will continue their usual work without the additional training while also completing pretest and posttest assessments to allow for comparison with the treatment group.

Interventions

MOMS Postpartum Course OTHER

Online professional development training for CHWs on outreach and support for high-risk postpartum mothers

Treatment: MOMS Postpartum course

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must self-identify as a community health worker (CHW).
• Must live in the United States.
• Must have six months of field experience. KDHRC defines "field experience" as conducting outreach activities in their community, for example, working with clients in a clinic, conducting home visits, or educating clients at health fairs or community events.
• Must be an active CHW. KDHRC defines "active" as conducting outreach activities, such as working with clients in a clinic, conducting home visits, or educating clients at health fairs or community events, in the last six months.
• Must have Internet access either at home or at work to access the lessons and/or online surveys.

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• KDH Research & Communication: lead
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

KDH Research & Communication

Atlanta, Georgia, 30309, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Kristen D. Holtz, PhD
• Organization: KDH Research & Communication

kholtz@kdhrc.com

4043958711

Study Officials

• Dexter L Cooper, MPH

  KDH Research & Communication

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Community health workers will be randomly assigned to either the treatment group, which will complete the MOMS Postpartum course, or the control group, which will not receive the training during the study period. Both groups will complete pretest and posttest assessments.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2025
• First Posted: March 28, 2025
• Study Start: March 5, 2025
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2025
• Study Completion: April 30, 2025
• Last Updated: July 23, 2025
• Results First Posted: July 23, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)