Community Health Worker Assessment for Postpartum Health

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age16-44
SponsorUniversity of Arkansas

About this trial

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to compare the CAREPATH intervention with standard of care on postpartum outcomes among up to 500 postpartum individuals. The CAREPATH includes 3 postpartum telehealth visits from a perinatal CHW.

The study will address the following aims:

Aim 1: Compare: A) CARE PATH and B) standard of care among postpartum individuals on:

Aim 1.A: postpartum visit completion.

* Hypothesis 1.A: Patients assigned to the CARE PATH will have higher completion of their postpartum visit compared to those receiving standard of care.

Aim 1.B: early detection of postpartum complications.

* Hypothesis 1.B: Patients assigned to the CARE PATH will be more likely to experience early detection of postpartum complications that arise compared to those receiving standard of care.

Aim 1.C: hospital readmission and ED visits postpartum.

* Hypothesis 1.C: Patients assigned to the CARE PATH will be less likely to have hospital readmission or an ED visit compared to those receiving standard of care.

Aim 2: Explore the impact of A) CARE PATH and B) standard of care on reproductive life planning/contraceptive counseling.

* Hypothesis 2: Patients assigned to the CARE PATH will be more likely to report reproductive life planning/contraceptive counseling.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age 16-44 years old

≤ 38 weeks pregnant

Ability to speak English, Spanish or Marshallese

Disqualifiers

Type 1 diabetes on an insulin pump followed closely by endocrinology

Uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes

End stage renal disease followed closely by nephrology

ICU admission at any point during pregnancy or delivery hospitalization

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • CAREPATH

    Behavioral

    Patients will received standard of care plus three telehealth visits with a perinatal community health worker.

  • Standard of Care

    Other intervention

    Patients will receive standard of care which includes: education on postpartum complications symptoms and when to call their healthcare provider, assistance scheduling their postpartum visit, and any healthcare deemed necessary by providers.

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: CAREPATHExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Standard of Care (SoC)Active comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Postpartum visit completion

Binary measure (yes/no) of visit completion

Time frame
6 weeks postpartum

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Arkansas

Lead sponsor

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator

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