Improving Women's Health Through Coordinated Postpartum Planning

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity

In brief

The purpose of the study is to design, implement, and evaluate a holistic postpartum women's health care system for women who have cardiovascular risk factors for severe maternal morbidity (SMM) including chronic hypertension, chronic diabetes, gestational diabetes, pre-pregnancy obesity, or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP) which includes gestational hypertension or preeclampsia. The researchers will use a sequential mixed methods design. First, the researchers will conduct in-depth interviews with women who have given birth in the prior year to characterize barriers and facilitators to accessing postpartum care. The information from these interviews will be used to inform the design of a postpartum care system. Next, the researchers will conduct a pragmatic randomized trial to test the effectiveness of the system on postpartum care engagement versus standard of care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05430815

Run by

Emory University

People needed

320

Starts

2022-08-08

Expected to finish

2025-04-22

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• pregnant women between 20-34 weeks of gestation
• have received 1 or more prenatal care visits at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia (GA)
• intend to deliver at Grady Memorial Hospital
• speak English or Spanish
• have a diagnosis of chronic diabetes, chronic hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-pregnancy obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 or greater), and/or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (gestational hypertension or preeclampsia) documented in the electronic medical record (EMR)

You may not qualify if…

• adults unable to consent, infants, and prisoners

Where it is running

• Grady Memorial Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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