Impact of a Smartphone Application on Postpartum Weight Loss and Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-income, Urban Women

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Conditions studied: Breastfeeding

In brief

Breastfed babies have significant health benefits extending beyond infancy, including lower rates of childhood obesity and infection. Mothers who breastfeeding also have health benefits, including increased rates of postpartum weight loss. Low-income women are less likely to breastfeed comparatively; this disparity may be due to misconceptions about breastfeeding benefits or poor social support. Based on survey results and focus groups of low-income women, the investigators designed a novel smart-phone application to confront barriers women perceived prevented them from breastfeeding and propose the first-ever randomized controlled trial describing the impact a smart phone app has on postpartum weight loss and breastfeeding rates among low-income women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03167073

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

170

Starts

2017-07-06

Expected to finish

2019-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• nulliparous women with non-anomalous singleton pregnancies who speak English and do not have contraindication for breastfeeding. They must receive prenatal care at the Washington University in St. Louis's Center for Outpatient Health, the Medicaid clinic. Recruitment will occur at around 36 weeks gestation.

You may not qualify if…

• multiparous women with contraindications to breastfeeding, multiple gestations, an anomalous fetus, or who do not speak English

Where it is running

• Center for Outpatient Health — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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