Nurse-Family Partnership Impact Evaluation in South Carolina
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Preterm Birth, Injuries, Maternal Behavior
In brief
This study evaluates the effects of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), an established home-visiting program, using a scientifically rigorous individual-level randomized controlled trial. The study will be based in South Carolina, where a Medicaid waiver in combination with a pay-for-success contract will allow expansion of the program to women on Medicaid. The study plans to enroll 4000 low-income, first time mothers and their children into the intervention group, and another 2000 into the control group. The study will evaluate the program's impacts on outcomes using administrative records. This study aims to yield new evidence on the effect of NFP in a modern context, applied to a new population, across a broad range of outcomes, and financed by a novel public-private partnership based on accountability for outcomes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03360539
- Run by
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
- People needed
- 5670
- Starts
- 2016-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2046-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-12-12
Who can join
Age: 15 and older, up to 55. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Female
- No previous live births
- Currently pregnant
- Gestation period less than 28 weeks (i.e. less than or equal to 27 weeks, 6 days) at time of recruitment
- Ages 15-55
- Income level meets Medicaid eligibility criteria
- Live within an area serviced by a NFP Implementing Agency
- Not currently enrolled in the study
- Not incarcerated or living in lock down facilities
You may not qualify if…
- Men
- Women who have had a previous live birth
- Women who are not currently pregnant
- Women who are past their 28th week of gestation (i.e. greater than or equal to 28 weeks, 0 days) at time of recruitment
- Women who are younger than 15 or older than 55 years of age
- Women whose income level does not meet Medicaid eligibility criteria
- Women who live outside of an area serviced by a NFP Implementing Agency
- Women who are currently enrolled in the study
- Women who are currently incarcerated or living in a lock down facility
Where it is running
- Nurse-Family Partnership of Anderson County — Anderson, South Carolina, United States
- NFP of Berkeley/Charleston/Dorchester Counties — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Nurse-Family Partnership of Lexington-Richland Co. — Columbia, South Carolina, United States
- Nurse-Family Partnership of Horry County — Conway, South Carolina, United States
- McLeod Health NFP — Florence, South Carolina, United States
- Nurse-Family Partnership of Greenville County — Greenville, South Carolina, United States
- Carolina Health Centers NFP — Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
- Family Solutions of the Lowcountry NFP — Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
- Spartanburg Regional Hospital NFP — Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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