CompletedNot Applicable

Mothers and Others: Family-based Obesity Prevention for Infants and Toddlers

United States430 participantsStarted 2013-10

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial among 468 Non-Hispanic black mothers and their families to test the efficacy of MOTHERS AND OTHERS, a multi-component home visitation program, compared to an attention control (child safety) in promoting appropriate weight gain during infancy.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Self identifies as non-Hispanic, African-American * Less than 28 weeks pregnant at time of screening and recruitment * Expecting a singleton birth * Maternal age at time of birth will be at 18-39 years * Lives within specified distance of study site * Not intending to leave study area before expectant child's 15th month of life * Agreeable to referring another family member/caregiver to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Pre-term birth (\<= 36 weeks gestation) * Less than 18 years at time of delivery * Delivers infant with a congenital anomaly or medical condition that significantly affects feeding (e.g., cleft lip and/or palate, metabolic disease) * Delivers multiples * Newborn nursery, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), or maternity floor stay for 7 or more days after the delivery

What they're measuring

Mean weight-for-length z-score at 15 months of age

Timeframe: 15 months of age

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01938118

SponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-12

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