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The Goal is to Examine the Impact of Doula-coordinated, Midwife-delivered Postpartum Care Among Individuals With Preterm Births <34 Weeks' Gestation Requiring NICU Admission.

Nurturing, Empowering, Supporting Together (NEST): a Project to Improve Postpartum Birth Outcomes in the NICU.

Who can join

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

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Not 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

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

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

The primary objective of this research is to conduct a randomized clinical trial to examine the impact of doula-coordinated, midwife-delivered postpartum care (intervention arm) on postpartum health care utilization, health outcomes, and patient-reported experiences compared with standard postpartum care (control arm) among individuals with preterm births \<34 weeks' gestation requiring neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission.

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

Eligibility

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Age above 18 at time of delivery of infant * English-speaking * Medicaid insurance coverage at the time of delivery, either as primary or secondary coverage * Delivery before 34 weeks' gestation * Infant admitted to the NICU, 10 days old or less Exclusion Criteria: * Stillbirth * Infant death in the delivery room * Infant with severe congenital anomalies expected to result in death shortly after birth * Inability to provide informed consent * Inability to visit the infant in the NICU at least once per week * More than 10 days postpartum

Study sites (1)

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