Status:
COMPLETED
Tools For Teen Moms: Reducing Infant Obesity Risk
Lead Sponsor:
Michigan State University
Conditions:
Adolescent Mothers
Infant Obesity
Eligibility:
FEMALE
14-19 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this social media group randomized trial (GRT) is to test the feasibility of our Baby Dayr for Teen Moms intervention to increase maternal responsiveness to infant cues and implement he...
Detailed Description
Rapid weight gain during infancy is one of the strongest risk factors for obesity later in childhood. Weight gain in infancy is closely linked with feeding practices. Unhealthy mother-infant feeding p...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Self-identified, English-speaking
- Low-income, adolescent
- First-time mothers between the ages of 14 and 19
- With daily web access and access to a cell phone that includes text messaging capabilities
- Family income ≤ 185% of federal poverty
- Term birth (37≤42 weeks, 2500≤3750 grams birth weight)
- Mothers and infants with no special nutrients or feeding needs
- Infants less than six weeks old at study enrollment who have not started eating solid foods
- Adolescent mothers must be a primary caretaker of the infant who feeds her infant at least once a day, and who is willing to participate in a six-week intervention with data collection at three defined time points (T1, T2, and T3)
Exclusion
- Male caregivers
- Mothers and infants with diagnosed feeding/eating disorders
- Significant perinatal or postnatal complications
- Post partum depression or other mental health problems
- Adolescent mothers who do not share in the feeding responsibility of their infants
- Adolescents without daily web access nor a cell phone with text messaging capabilities
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
164 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02244424
Start Date
June 1 2014
End Date
September 1 2016
Last Update
March 8 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824