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SmartMom: Teaching by Texting to Promote Health Behaviours in Pregnancy
Led by University of British Columbia · Updated on 2026-05-04
3078
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
185 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of British Columbia
Lead Sponsor
C
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of SmartMom, a text messaging-based mobile health program for prenatal education. The main questions are to determine if healthy pregnant people receiving SmartMom messages that promote health behaviours in pregnancy versus messages that don't provoke behaviour change have improvement in: 1. knowledge about healthy pregnancy and birth 2. standardized measures of depression, anxiety, and fear of childbirth 3. adoption of positive health behaviours in pregnancy 4. maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes Participants in the intervention group will receive three evidence-based text messages per week, plus optional supplemental messages on topics relevant to them, throughout pregnancy. The control group will receive general interest messages on pregnancy-related topics that are not promoting behaviour change.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
SmartMom: Teaching by Texting to Promote Health Behaviours in Pregnancy
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Pregnant person
- At 15 weeks gestation or earlier
- Singleton pregnancy
- Can read and understand English at grade 8 level and comfortable completing online surveys
- Live in Canada (excluding British Columbia where SmartMom has been piloted)
You will not qualify if you...
- Health conditions existing prior to pregnancy that require individualized care, such as hypertension, cardiac disease, or diabetes
- Previously had a baby with the SmartMom program
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Research Team
S
Sara Leckie, MSc
CONTACT
P
Patti Janssen, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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