Improving Health in Low Income Women Following the Birth of a Child

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Health Promotion

In brief

This study will evaluate a community-based program to improve diet and physical activity in women during the first 12 months following the birth of a child. The program is designed to complement existing federal programs for low-income families and is directed toward low-income, postpartum, multi-ethnic women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00061386

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

680

Starts

2001-03-01

Expected to finish

2004-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-09-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 44. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Less than 20 weeks postpartum
• Receive services of USDA's Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 18 years of age upon recruitment

Where it is running

• Harvard School of Public Health, SHDH Department — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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