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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
202 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-01-31
2016-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Nutrition messages
The intervention will focus on reinforcing the WIC breastfeeding messages, preventing overfeeding (i.e. using spoon to feed baby, not adding baby food or cereal to bottle, not placing their babies to sleep with a bottle, feeding their babies without distractions, etc), delaying introduction of solid foods, and delaying and reducing baby juice consumption. Constructs in the transtheoretical model such as self-efficacy and decisional balance will be used to address key determinants of behavior change to ensure relevance to the audience, and will target individuals both at the earlier and later stages of change. The messages are written at a grade 5 level in Spanish (PR site) and English (Hawaii site) and will be sent on different days and times of the week.
SMS
This is an intervention using short mobile messages (SMS)
General health messages
The control group will receive weekly SMS about general infant's health issues, such as placing the infant on his/her back to sleep, the timeline for immunizations, the proper use of car seats, asthma and other respiratory conditions common among small children, and other health information relevant to infants. The investigators will follow the same protocol (schedule, length, language, etc.) as for the intervention messages.
SMS
This is an intervention using short mobile messages (SMS)
Interventions
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SMS
This is an intervention using short mobile messages (SMS)
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* owner of a mobile phone with unrestricted SMS capability
* responsible for the care of the infant and willing to actively participate for the full duration of the study.
Exclusion Criteria
* infants with limited mobility
* pre-term birth (\<37 weeks)
* small or large for gestational age (birthweight \<10th or \>90th p)
* inability to consent to participate in the study
* unwillingness to be randomized and not being able to read
2 Months
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
NIH
University of Puerto Rico
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Cristina Palacios
Associate Professor
Principal Investigators
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Cristina Palacios, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Associate Professor
Locations
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC)
San Juan, , Puerto Rico
Countries
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References
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Palacios C, Campos M, Gibby C, Melendez M, Lee JE, Banna J. Effect of a Multi-Site Trial using Short Message Service (SMS) on Infant Feeding Practices and Weight Gain in Low-Income Minorities. J Am Coll Nutr. 2018 Sep-Oct;37(7):605-613. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2018.1454353. Epub 2018 Apr 30.
Banna J, Campos M, Gibby C, Graulau RE, Melendez M, Reyes A, Lee JE, Palacios C. Multi-site trial using short mobile messages (SMS) to improve infant weight in low-income minorities: Development, implementation, lessons learned and future applications. Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 Nov;62:56-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2017.08.011. Epub 2017 Aug 19. No abstract available.
Palmer MJ, Henschke N, Bergman H, Villanueva G, Maayan N, Tamrat T, Mehl GL, Glenton C, Lewin S, Fonhus MS, Free C. Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving maternal, neonatal, and child health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 14;8(8):CD013679. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013679.
Gibby CLK, Palacios C, Campos M, Graulau RE, Banna J. Acceptability of a text message-based intervention for obesity prevention in infants from Hawai'i and Puerto Rico WIC. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019 Aug 13;19(1):291. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2446-9.
Gibby CLK, Palacios C, Campos M, Lim E, Banna J. Associations between gestational weight gain and rate of infancy weight gain in Hawai'i and Puerto Rico WIC participants. BMC Obes. 2018 Dec 3;5:41. doi: 10.1186/s40608-018-0219-z. eCollection 2018.
Gibby CLK, Palacios C, Campos M, Lim E, Banna J. Breastfeeding Discontinuation Not Associated with Maternal Pregravid BMI But Associated with Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Race in Hawaii and Puerto Rico WIC Participants. Matern Child Health J. 2019 Jan;23(1):19-29. doi: 10.1007/s10995-018-2587-x.
Other Identifiers
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A4540315
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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