Diaper Distribution in Low-Income Infants
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Diaper Rash, UTI, Depressive Symptoms, Stress
In brief
The adverse effects of poverty at the individual, family, and community level on health outcomes for children are well-established. Material hardship, defined as difficulty meeting basic needs such as food, housing, and consumer goods, has been shown to have negative physical and emotional effects on both children and their parents. Diaper need, defined as a lack of sufficient supply of clean and dry diapers, is an example of a material hardship. Community-based studies of low-income families have demonstrated that between 30-50% of caregivers of young children expressed diaper need. Some of these caregivers with diaper need reported reducing diaper changes, a practice that is associated with diaper dermatitis and urinary tract infections (UTIs). These community-based studies have also shown that diaper need is associated with maternal depression and parental stress, even after adjusting for demographic factors and food insecurity. Diaper need may be a specific modifiable marker of caregiver stress and depression, beyond its role as an indicator of poverty. In this pilot, randomized controlled trial of low-income newborns and their caregivers the investigators will test the feasibility of supplying diapers as an intervention to infants in low-income families and assess if it can improve both a child's health and their caregiver's overall health.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03425851
- Run by
- Boston Medical Center
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2018-03-14
- Expected to finish
- 2019-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-04-12
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Infants born at Boston Medical Center and seen in BMC pediatric primary care clinic at any outpatient visit between birth and 2 months of age.
- Caregivers of enrolled infants, including parents and legal guardians.
- Plan to obtain pediatric primary care at BMC for nine months.
- Have public insurance or Medicaid as their primary source of health insurance.
You may not qualify if…
- Caregivers who are minors (under age 18).
- Infants in the foster care system.
Where it is running
- Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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