NCT04387552

Social Media and Risk Reduction Teaching-Enhanced Reach

Improving Care Giver Adherence to Recommended Infant Care Practices

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,126 (actual)
• Sponsor: Boston University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to improve adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep (SS) recommendations and improve rates of initiation and duration of partial and exclusive breastfeeding (BF) through direct education of mothers using Mobile Health (mHealth) technologies (ex. text messaging).

Detailed description

The goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of mHealth prenatal and postnatal interventions aimed at promoting safe sleep (SS) practices and breastfeeding (BF) within a population of pregnant Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clients. The study will randomize 2,000 pregnant women, when they reach 34 weeks gestation, to one of four mHealth prenatal/postnatal messaging combinations of safe sleep and breastfeeding practices.

Conditions

• Breastfeeding
• SUID
• SIDS

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Prenatal Safe Sleep Mobile Health (mHealth) Messaging	Participants will receive prenatal Safe Sleep mHealth messaging starting at 34 weeks gestation until birth of their baby.
BEHAVIORAL	Prenatal Breastfeeding Mobile Health (mHealth) Messaging	Participants will receive prenatal Breastfeeding mHealth messaging starting at 34 weeks gestation until birth of their baby.
BEHAVIORAL	Postnatal Safe Sleep Mobile Health (mHealth) Messaging	Upon birth of baby, participants will begin receiving postnatal Safe Sleep mHealth messaging for a two month period.
BEHAVIORAL	Postnatal Breastfeeding Mobile Health (mHealth) Messaging	Upon birth of baby, participants will begin receiving postnatal Breastfeeding mHealth messaging for a two month period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-20
• Primary completion: 2025-06-07
• Completion: 2025-06-07
• First posted: 2020-05-14
• Last updated: 2026-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States