Improving the Self-Efficacy of African American Parents in Infant Supine Sleep (PrAAIS)

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: African American Infant Sleep Beliefs and Practices

Treatments: Behavioral: Tailored education; Behavioral: Standard Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01707173

HUM00048679 (Other Identifier)

1R01HD064770-01A1

R01HD064770 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a research study of African American parents/caregivers of newborns. The purpose of this research study is to learn what type of educational materials about infant safety and safe infant sleep are most effective and acceptable to parents and caregivers. The investigators will compare the responses of parents who receive enhanced materials to the responses of parents who receive the ordinary materials that are currently in use.

Full description

The goal of the proposed research is to determine whether a tailored multi-media mailed intervention is superior to standard non-tailored print brochures along with a generic DVD in increasing the prevalence of African American infant supine sleep during the first six months of life.

Enrollment: 735 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:-

• Self-identified AA adult parents and primary caregivers (≥ 18 years of age) of newborns ≤ four weeks old at the time of the infant's first office visit to the pediatrician.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Foster parents and temporary guardians:
• Prior study participants:
• Parents without a reliable phone number:
• Parents without ready access to a DVD player: an ownership of a DVD player,

Trial design

735 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Education

Other group

Description:

Control group participants will receive standard educational materials published by the CDC or American Academy of Pediatrics as an intervention along with a generic infant safety DVD

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard Education

Tailored education

Experimental group

Description:

Parents/caregivers will receive educational materials tailored to their specific beliefs and barriers about infant supine sleep along with a DVD detailing standard guidelines along with specific solutions and facilitators to infant supine sleep as the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tailored education