Labor and Delivery Doula Program to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality in Kansas

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pregnancy Related, Doula Care, Black Maternal and Infant Health, Prenatal Care

In brief

The study was done to learn how doula-enhanced care provided to Black birthing people improved perceived communication and quality care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07157059

Run by

University of Kansas Medical Center

People needed

30

Starts

2023-05-12

Expected to finish

2024-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-19

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Black birthing people
• Received care and plan to delivery at the University of Kansas Medical Center
• Scored positive to social determinants of health screener
• Gestational age between 14-27.6 weeks at enrollment

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy not viable or pregnancy not intrauterine on ultrasound
• Patients who are not willing to be randomized into not receiving doula enhanced
• Patients who do not plan to delivery at the University of Kansas Health System
• Non-Black birthing people.
• Planned cesarean section
• Patients with a known major fetal anomaly
• Non-English speaking

Where it is running

• The University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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