Status:

COMPLETED

Tools For Teen Moms: Reducing Infant Obesity Risk

Lead Sponsor:

Michigan State University

Conditions:

Adolescent Mothers

Infant Obesity

Eligibility:

FEMALE

14-19 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this social media group randomized trial (GRT) is to test the feasibility of our Baby Dayr for Teen Moms intervention to increase maternal responsiveness to infant cues and implement he...

Detailed Description

Rapid weight gain during infancy is one of the strongest risk factors for obesity later in childhood. Weight gain in infancy is closely linked with feeding practices. Unhealthy mother-infant feeding p...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Self-identified, English-speaking
  • Low-income, adolescent
  • First-time mothers between the ages of 14 and 19
  • With daily web access and access to a cell phone that includes text messaging capabilities
  • Family income ≤ 185% of federal poverty
  • Term birth (37≤42 weeks, 2500≤3750 grams birth weight)
  • Mothers and infants with no special nutrients or feeding needs
  • Infants less than six weeks old at study enrollment who have not started eating solid foods
  • Adolescent mothers must be a primary caretaker of the infant who feeds her infant at least once a day, and who is willing to participate in a six-week intervention with data collection at three defined time points (T1, T2, and T3)

Exclusion

  • Male caregivers
  • Mothers and infants with diagnosed feeding/eating disorders
  • Significant perinatal or postnatal complications
  • Post partum depression or other mental health problems
  • Adolescent mothers who do not share in the feeding responsibility of their infants
  • Adolescents without daily web access nor a cell phone with text messaging capabilities

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

164 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02244424

Start Date

June 1 2014

End Date

September 1 2016

Last Update

March 8 2019

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Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824