Using Baby Books to Promote Maternal and Child Health

NCT ID: NCT02203617

Last Updated: 2017-04-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

198 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-04-30

Study Completion Date

2010-07-31

Brief Summary

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The Baby Books Project tests whether embedding educational information into baby books can improve the health and wellbeing of first-time mothers and their young children.

Detailed Description

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This study tests the efficacy of embedding educational information (i.e., pediatric anticipatory guidance) into baby books that first-time mothers read to their infants. This 3-group longitudinal study recruited first-time mothers in their third trimester of pregnancy, randomly assigned them to conditions, and followed them until the child was 18 months of age. One group received educational baby books, another group was given the same illustrated books with non-educational text, and the third group was not given any books. Thus, the effects of educational reading could be parsed from the effects of reading alone. The study aimed to test whether embedding pediatric anticipatory guidance in picture books is an effective method for increasing maternal knowledge of child development, parenting strategies, and safety practices, improving parenting beliefs and attitudes (e.g., parenting efficacy, importance of reading, use of corporal punishment), supporting optimal parenting practices (e.g., breastfeeding and nutrition, responsiveness, safety practices), improving maternal health (stress, depression), and supporting children's healthier development (injuries, illness, immunizations, and linguistic, social, and cognitive development).

Survey and observational data collection occurred in participants' homes during their third trimester of pregnancy and when their child was 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months of age. Twelve phone call interviews were conducted between these home visits. When children were 18 months, a retrospective medical chart audit was conducted.

Conditions

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Condition 1 - Educational Condition (Educational Book Group) Condition 2 - Non-educational Condition (Non-educational Book Group) Condition 3 - Control Condition (No-book Group)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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educational baby books

books embedded with educational information (pediatric anticipatory guidance)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational Content/Pediatric Anticipatory Guidance

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

educational information from Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision for birth to 18 months

Book provision

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Given free books prenatally and at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months postpartum

non-educational baby books

baby books given with same illustrations but no educational information

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Book provision

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Given free books prenatally and at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months postpartum

no books

not given any baby books

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Educational Content/Pediatric Anticipatory Guidance

educational information from Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision for birth to 18 months

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Book provision

Given free books prenatally and at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months postpartum

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women who are pregnant with first child and able to read in English at a first grade reading level

Exclusion Criteria

* Women with other children, men, those not able to read in English at a first grade level
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of California, Irvine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vanderbilt University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Leonard Bickman

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Stephanie M Reich, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of California, Irvine

Leonard Bickman, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Vanderbilt University

Locations

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University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California, United States

Site Status

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Khalessi A, Reich SM. A Month of Breastfeeding Associated with Greater Adherence to Pediatric Nutrition Guidelines. J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2013 Jul 1;31(3):299-308. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2013.784898.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24062596 (View on PubMed)

Reich SM, Penner EK, Duncan GJ, Auger A. Using baby books to change new mothers' attitudes about corporal punishment. Child Abuse Negl. 2012 Feb;36(2):108-17. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.09.017. Epub 2012 Mar 3.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22391417 (View on PubMed)

Reich SM, Penner EK, Duncan GJ. Using baby books to increase new mothers' safety practices. Acad Pediatr. 2011 Jan-Feb;11(1):34-43. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2010.12.006.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21272822 (View on PubMed)

Reich SM, Bickman L, Saville BR, Alvarez J. The effectiveness of baby books for providing pediatric anticipatory guidance to new mothers. Pediatrics. 2010 May;125(5):997-1002. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2728. Epub 2010 Apr 12.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20385630 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01HD447749

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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