Tools For Teen Moms: Reducing Infant Obesity Risk

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Adolescent Mothers, Infant Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this social media group randomized trial (GRT) is to test the feasibility of our Baby Dayr for Teen Moms intervention to increase maternal responsiveness to infant cues and implement healthy feeding practices through development of a healthy feeding style. Aim 1: Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the Baby Dayr intervention administered to the target population as it relates to their acceptance and satisfaction with the content, format, delivery, and use of social media. Aim 2: Explore efficacy of the Baby Dayr intervention administered to adolescent mothers of infants 4 months of age or less as assessed by maternal responsiveness, feeding style, and feeding practices evaluated at the completion of the intervention using self-report methods.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02244424

Run by

Michigan State University

People needed

164

Starts

2014-06-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-08

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self-identified, English-speaking
• Low-income, adolescent
• First-time mothers between the ages of 14 and 19
• With daily web access and access to a cell phone that includes text messaging capabilities
• Family income ≤ 185% of federal poverty
• Term birth (37≤42 weeks, 2500≤3750 grams birth weight)
• Mothers and infants with no special nutrients or feeding needs
• Infants less than six weeks old at study enrollment who have not started eating solid foods
• Adolescent mothers must be a primary caretaker of the infant who feeds her infant at least once a day, and who is willing to participate in a six-week intervention with data collection at three defined time points (T1, T2, and T3)

You may not qualify if…

• Male caregivers
• Mothers and infants with diagnosed feeding/eating disorders
• Significant perinatal or postnatal complications
• Post partum depression or other mental health problems
• Adolescent mothers who do not share in the feeding responsibility of their infants
• Adolescents without daily web access nor a cell phone with text messaging capabilities

Where it is running

• Michigan State University — East Lansing, Michigan, United States

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