Small Moments Big Impact (SMBI)

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Conditions studied: Empathy

In brief

Empathy is defined as sensitivity to the needs of others.Maternal empathy, or a mother's sensitivity to the needs of her child, is critical for healthy child development ,Small Moments, Big Impact: Supporting Maternal Empathy by Adding Media to Child Health Services (SMBI) will develop and pilot a media-based pediatric primary care intervention that aims to answer two Big Questions: 1) Can media sent by pediatricians to mothers from low-income backgrounds promote empathy? 2) Is there a feasible and scalable approach? If successful, SMBI will result in: 1) increased maternal empathy; 2) new evidence and knowledge about an effective approach for supporting empathy in mothers from low-income backgrounds; 3) acceptability, feasibility of administering, and therefore potential for scalability through standard pediatric care; 4) increased support of maternal empathy as a core component of pediatric care; and 5) increased support by other stakeholders (including medical professionals, child health care facilities, and funders) to further explore, expand, and ultimately rollout the intervention

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03887832

Run by

Boston Medical Center

People needed

118

Starts

2019-08-29

Expected to finish

2021-03-02

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-29

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Adult mothers with a singleton baby born at term without any significant medical problems
• Mothers who plan to obtain pediatric care at BMC
• Mothers who are English speaking and reading
• Mothers who have a smartphone (data plan will be supplied if needed)

You may not qualify if…

• Mothers with substance abuse problems

Where it is running

• Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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