Community-led Adaptation and Implementation of Staying Healthy After Childbirth STAC to Improve Health for Black Women and Families

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are adapting the Staying Healthy After Childbirth STAC intervention to better support Black women and birthing persons, focusing on reducing health disparities related to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. These disorders pose serious risks during the immediate postpartum period, and STAC aims to improve access to blood pressure care during this critical time through home monitoring and remote healthcare support. This study is a qualitative, pre-implementation investigation to engage community stakeholders in optimizing STAC for wider use. The study involves several steps interviews with community advisory board members and lived experience groups to identify priorities and barriers, followed by focus groups to refine implementation strategies. Then, Plan-Do-Study-Act PDSA cycles will be conducted with community-based organization partners and Black pregnant persons to test and improve the adapted intervention, including follow-up interviews and surveys after each cycle. Up to three PDSA cycles may be completed before finalizing the adapted STAC intervention. Participants will engage in interviews, focus groups, and surveys to provide feedback on implementation factors, usability, and intervention acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility. Qualitative data will be rapidly analyzed to guide intervention refinement. The study aims to understand barriers and facilitators to implementing the adapted STAC intervention and will continue through September 2026, with no active drug or device treatment involved.

Community-based Implementation of Adapted STAC