Assessing the CenteringPregnancy Planning to Parent Innovation

NCT ID: NCT02856711

Last Updated: 2016-11-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

41 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-11-30

Study Completion Date

2016-11-30

Brief Summary

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The investigators propose to evaluate how the CenteringPregnancy curriculum compared with an enhanced curriculum, with the addition of 2 trauma-informed interventions, affects how new parents prepare for parenting and respond to common stressors.

Detailed Description

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The two interventions will be 1) A viewing of "All Babies Cry" and a discussion of what it's like to be a new parent and 2) A "Planning to Parent" stress activity where parents discuss when they have felt overwhelmed, the coping mechanisms they used, and what can be done to manage those emotions in the future. The goal of this project is to gain insight from current participants in CenteringPregnancy group care around the ways that these interventions can better prepare parents to deal with the common stresses of parenthood.

The investigators will assess the curriculum by administering pre-test and post-test surveys to CenteringPregancy patients within 6 groups. Three of the groups will use the regular CenteringPregnancy curriculum and 3 of the groups will use the enhanced Centering Pregnancy curriculum. Participants will be recruited to CenteringPregnancy, and thus this study, as part of Boston Medical Center Obstetrics/Gynecology Associate's regular prenatal registration process and will be assigned to prenatal groups based on due date. The informed consent and pre-test will be administered to patients at Session 7 of the CenteringPregnancy curriculum and the post-test will be administered to patients at the postpartum visit. The control CenteringPregnancy groups will follow the regular curriculum as written in the CenteringPregnancy Facilitator's Guide. The experimental CenteringPregnancy groups will follow the regular CenteringPregnancy curriculum, with the addition of the "All Babies Cry" intervention during Session 7 (30-34 weeks) and the "Planning to Parent" stress intervention during Session 8 (32-36 weeks). There will be no individual interviews of participants. Following the postpartum survey, the Research Assistant will conduct electronic medical record chart reviews of the study participants.

The investigators propose to seek between 24 and 36 patients for the 3 control groups and between 24 and 36 patients for the 3 experimental groups, for a total of 48-72 subjects. Pre-test and post-test surveys will be collected by a member of the research team. Surveys will be kept in a locked desk and will later analyzed. The intent of this study is to gather important information on ways to improve group-based prenatal care from a patient-centered, trauma-informed perspective. This will ultimately help to improve both family and child well being and reduce the risk of child abuse, neglect and parental and toxic stress in the greater Boston area.

Conditions

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Stress, Psychologic Pregnancy

Keywords

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Group Prenatal Visits,CenteringPregnancy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Trauma-informed group

These groups will use the enhanced Centering Pregnancy curriculum.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Trauma-informed group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The two interventions will be: 1) A viewing of "All Babies Cry" and a discussion of what it's like to be a new parent, 2) A "Planning to Parent" stress activity where parents discuss when they have felt overwhelmed, the coping mechanisms they used, and what can be done to manage those emotions in the future. The goal of this project is to gain insight from current participants in CenteringPregnancy group care around the ways that these interventions can better prepare parents to deal with the common stresses of parenthood.

Control group

These groups will use the standard CenteringPregnancy curriculum.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Trauma-informed group

The two interventions will be: 1) A viewing of "All Babies Cry" and a discussion of what it's like to be a new parent, 2) A "Planning to Parent" stress activity where parents discuss when they have felt overwhelmed, the coping mechanisms they used, and what can be done to manage those emotions in the future. The goal of this project is to gain insight from current participants in CenteringPregnancy group care around the ways that these interventions can better prepare parents to deal with the common stresses of parenthood.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Fluent in English language. Able to complete a written survey in English.
* Currently participating in CenteringPregnancy groups at Boston Medical Center.
* A woman at least 18 years old or older.

Exclusion Criteria

* Women who do not attend the sessions where the intervention are conducted
* Women \<18 years old will not be recruited. All participants will be 18 years old or older.
* Not fluent in English language.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Boston Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Morgan Brockington

Health Outreach & Evaluation Coordinator, Vital Village Network, General Pediatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Beth Monahan

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Boston Medical Center

Locations

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Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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H-34199

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id