Actively Recruiting
Accountability for Care Through Undoing Racism & Equity for Moms
Led by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Updated on 2026-04-17
60000
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
221 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lead Sponsor
P
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This project-also known as "Accountability for Care through Undoing Racism \& Equity for Moms" or ACURE4Moms-aims to reduce Black-White maternal health disparities using multi-level interventions designed to decrease bias in prenatal care, improve care coordination, and increase social support. ACURE4Moms is a pragmatic 4-arm cluster randomized controlled trial conducted with 39 prenatal practices across North Carolina. Practices have been randomly assigned to receive either: Arm 1 (Standard Care): North Carolina Medicaid Care management for high-risk pregnancies; Arm 2 (Data Accountability and Transparency): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Practice-level Data Accountability interventions; Arm 3 (Community-Based Doula Support): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Community-Based Doula support intervention for high-risk patients during pregnancy and postpartum; or Arm 4 (Data Accountability and Transparency + Community-Based Doula Support): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Both Arms 2 and 3 interventions. During each practice's 2-year intervention period, the practice will initiate prenatal care for \~750-1,500 patients (up to 60,000 patients total), whose outcomes the investigators will follow and compare between arms until all these patients have reached 1-year post-delivery.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Accountability for Care Through Undoing Racism & Equity for Moms
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Practices must have at least 180 Black patient deliveries over 2 years
- Practices must be willing to be randomized
- Practices must agree to follow the study protocol
- Patients must start prenatal care at one of the study clinics during the study
- Patients must self-identify as Black or African American
- Patients must be able to give consent and complete surveys and interviews in English
- Practice staff must be employed as a provider, nurse/medical assistant, or office administrator at one of the study clinics
- Doulas must provide care to patients at one of the study clinics
You will not qualify if you...
- Practices already integrated with Community-Based Doulas
- Practices already using an Early Warning System or Disparities Dashboard
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Jennifer H Tang, MD, MSCR
CONTACT
R
Rabab S Husain, MA
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
FACTORIAL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
4
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