We Care About Brooklyn - A Digital Behavioral Intervention to Optimize Engagement in Maternal Healthcare (WeCAB)

State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Pregnant Women

Maternal Health

Treatments

Behavioral: WeCAB Intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05916534

1R21NR020706-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a behavioral intervention in pregnant women who identify as Black and live in Central Brooklyn. The main question it aims to answer is whether the WeCAB intervention leads to a net improvement in utilization of postpartum care compared to those receiving usual care.

The WeCAB group will have a dedicated WeCAB community health worker who will be trained in digital care navigation.

Researchers will compare the WeCAB group versus the group receiving usual care to see if the patients randomized to WeCAB will have higher rates of early post-partum care compared to patients in the control group.

Enrollment

80 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 49 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Eligible participants for the pilot RCT will be patients
aged 18-49 years (childbearing age)
residing in a Central Brooklyn zip code
self-reporting as Black,
who speak English or Haitian Creole, and
plan to deliver or present for delivery at University Hospital at Downstate (UHD).
In NYC, SMM increases incrementally with later entry into prenatal care (1st trimester: 208/10,000 deliveries; 2nd trimester: 252/10,000; 3rd trimester: 297/10,000; None: 575/10,000). 3 Accordingly, in order to capture the full range of SMM risk profiles for our pilot study, any pregnant patient/client visiting our clinics will be eligible for enrollment from 13 weeks gestation through delivery, thus allowing follow-up to 3 months post-partum within the 2-year study timeline.

Exclusion criteria

Patients planning to move outside of New York City in the ensuing 3 months post-partum
Patients demonstrating an impairment that limits their ability to provide informed consent.