Knowledge and Habits of Pregnant Teens (KnowTeens)

University of Mississippi

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Teen Pregnancy

Treatments: Other: Participants in the intervention arm will be invited to join a private social media group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06698133

UMMC IRB 2024-447

pending (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

We are conducting a prospective randomized trial involving 50 pregnant teenagers and their offspring at a single institution. We will seek a partial HIPAA waiver to prescreen potential participants via EPIC. we will obtain study consent for 18 and 19 years old, parental permission for 13 -17 years old and assent for 17 and below. Randomization will occur via the research randomizer (http://randomizer.org/) which is a free site designed to help researchers quickly generate random numbers or assign participants to different experimental groups. All participant ID's will be pre-randomized and participants will be informed of their randomization group following study assent and/or consent.

We will test the hypothesis that there is a positive correlation between increased health literacy, gestational weight gain, and adequate infant birth weight.

Full description

Control Arm will complete the 24 hour food recall 2x/week. Intervention Arm will complete the 24 hour food recall 2x/week + education content. Study intervention. Participants in the intervention arm will be invited to join a private Twitter social media group that will be created solely for this study. Education content will consist of published dietary recommendations during pregnancy, healthy craving hacks, healthy snacks, ways to get exercise in during the school day, etc. Participants will also be encouraged to ask questions and post any eating struggles. The intervention will be completely virtual and outside of the initial visit.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 13 to 19 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Maternal age 13 - 19 yrs at enrollment
• < 19.6 gestational weeks
• Ability to understand English
• Access to a smartphone or internet
• Willingness to follow study procedures
• Plan to deliver at UMMC
• Singleton pregnancy

Exclusion criteria

• Does not meet the inclusion criteria
• History of diabetes
• Current record of substance abuse
• Mental impairment
• Eating disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

24 hour food recall 2x/week

Intervention Arm

Experimental group

Description:

24 Hour food recall 2x/week + Intervention Education group 3x/week

Treatment:

Other: Participants in the intervention arm will be invited to join a private social media group