Recruiting

Mobile Technology

Sponsor:

Emory University

Code:

NCT05339867

Conditions

Post-Partum

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 45

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Prevent Maternal Mortality using Mobile technology (PM3)

Study Details

Brief summary:

Black women who reside in a rural area are at highest risk for maternal morbidity and mortality due to a combination of social and structural causes. The postpartum period is the most critical yet most neglected phase for preventing suboptimal or fatal maternal health outcomes. The goal of this project is to use a mobile app to provide personalized support and improve the lives of women during the early postpartum period. The information the study team gathers will help educate women and all who support them about the need to seek postpartum care and the impact postpartum care can have on pregnancy-related complications. Participation in this research requires taking part in a focus group discussion which will allow participants to share or the person that supports the participant's story and experience with postpartum complications and willingness to use and desired features of a postpartum mobile app.

Conditions

Post-Partum

Study ID

NCT05339867

Start date

Mar 22, 2022

Status verified date

Apr, 2022

Completion date

Mar, 2023

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2023

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 45

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants self -identify as female
  • Participants must self-identify as African American/Black
  • Aged 18-45 years
  • Can speak or read English
  • Participants must be able to give consent.
  • Own a smart phone
  • Reside in or near Albany, LaGrange, or Waynesboro (within a 40 mile radius)
  • Be in third trimester or recently had a baby (≤4 weeks postpartum)
  • Can be contacted by phone or email after hospital discharge.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women will be excluded if they have known unavailability to follow-up
  • An active severe mental health condition, or developmental disability precluding informed consent

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Mothers following Standard of Care

Participants randomized to this group will receive standard of Care for Postpartum. The standard of care control condition will be what women would typically get at hospital discharge (typically an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) generated document; a non-standardized, generalized brief review of how to care for self and the baby).

experimental: Mother Using PM3 Intervention

Participants in this group will be using the PM3 intervention. PM3 is a maternal mortality prevention and optimal reproductive health promotion mobile app created based on formative work with Black women to ultimately increase postpartum comorbidity self-management, promote timely provider notification of postpartum-related complications, and ensure access to social support and community resources.

Interventions

Prevent Maternal Mortality using Mobile technology (PM3)

PM3: The app will include:

1. integrated self-management and tailored health messaging feature
2. support center based on social support gaps which will also provide a centralized place for identifying healthcare providers and facilities
3. multimedia resource kit comprised of videos, current events, news feeds, podcasts, and support groups related to women's postpartum health and community resources
4. a feature that will update women on maternal and reproductive health policies that impact women.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of completion of postpartum healthcare visit ( Healthcare Resource utilization) [ Time Frame: At weeks 4 to 6 postpartum ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Rasheeta Chandler, PhD

404-727-8164r.d.chandler@emory.edu

Rashidat Ayantunji, MPH

rayantu@emory.edu

Locations

Morehouse School of Medicine

Recruiting

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30310

Contacts

Natalie Hernandez, PhD

404-752-1523nhernandez@msm.edu

Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Recruiting

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322

Contacts

Rasheeta Chandler, PhD

404-727-8164r.d.chandler@emory.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Emory University

Last update posted

Apr 21, 2022

Last verified

Apr, 2022

Keywords

  • Postpartum Black mothers

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Emory University on 2022-04-21.