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Mothers' Action Project for Child Health

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
12 Months to 45 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 12 months
  • Procedures mentioned: Interviews, Questionnaires

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Eighteen sessions will be delivered over 12 months."
  • "Data collection: Interviews will be conducted in the home, by RAs at T1/Baseline, T2 (12months' post baseline) and T3 (18 months' post baseline)."
  • "Data collected at each interview includes anthropometric data collection; and questionnaires/interviews."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests a 12-month program that teaches mothers about child health and mouth and tooth care. It also aims to help mothers build social connections. The study plans to enroll Bangladeshi mothers and their young children.

This randomized controlled trial will recruit Bangladeshi mothers and their young children into a 12 month intervention that provides child health and oral health education and seeks to build social networks among mothers.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • The mother is at least 18 years old.
  • The mother speaks, reads, and writes Bengali or Hindi/Urdu.
  • The mother was born in a South Asian country.
  • The mother is the child's main caregiver.
  • The child is 12 to 48 months old.
  • The child has Medicaid or CHIP, a New York State health plan for low-income families who do not qualify for Medicaid.

Who can't join

  • The mother cannot give informed consent, meaning she cannot understand the study and agree to join.
  • The mother plans to travel for more than 1 month during the 12-month study or has other barriers to attending.
  • The mother has a health condition, including a thinking or learning condition, that prevents her from joining.
  • The child weighed less than 5 pounds at birth.
  • The child has a health condition that prevents joining or takes antibiotics for more than 1 month.
  • The child is not the youngest child in the family who meets the study rules.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Mother: * Age \>=18; * Speaks and reads/writes Bengali or Hindi/Urdu; * Mother born in a South Asian country; * Mother is primary caretaker of child * Child: * Aged \>=12 and \<=48 months * Has Medicaid or CHIP (NYS health plan for low income families not qualifying for Medicaid) Exclusion Criteria: * Mother: * Unable to provide informed consent, * Lack of availability--either plans to travel for \> 1 month during 12 month initial study period or other barriers to attendance; * Mother has exclusionary health condition--either intellectual/cognitive or medical. * Child: * Weighed \< 5lbs at birth, * Has an exclusionary health condition and/or is taking long term (\>1 m) antibiotics; * Not the youngest eligible child in family

Study sites (1)

NY