Actively Recruiting
Mothers' Action Project for Child Health
Led by University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Updated on 2026-04-14
460
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
164 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This randomized controlled trial will recruit Bangladeshi mothers and their young children into a 12 month intervention that provides child health and oral health education and seeks to build social networks among mothers.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Mothers' Action Project for Child Health
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
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Mother:
- Age >=18;
- Speaks and reads/writes Bengali or Hindi/Urdu;
- Mother born in a South Asian country;
- Mother is primary caretaker of child
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Child:
- Aged >=12 and <=48 months
- Has Medicaid or CHIP (NYS health plan for low income families not qualifying for Medicaid)
You will not qualify if you...
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Mother:
- Unable to provide informed consent,
- Lack of availability--either plans to travel for > 1 month during 12 month initial study period or other barriers to attendance;
- Mother has exclusionary health condition--either intellectual/cognitive or medical.
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Child:
- Weighed < 5lbs at birth,
- Has an exclusionary health condition and/or is taking long term (>1 m) antibiotics;
- Not the youngest eligible child in family
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
UMass Chan Medical School - Remote field office
New York, New York, United States, 11205
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Alison Karasz, PhD
CONTACT
C
Christine Fountain
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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