Community Health Worker Assessment for Postpartum Health
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Conditions studied: Postpartum Complication, Health Care Seeking Behavior
In brief
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to compare the CAREPATH intervention with standard of care on postpartum outcomes among up to 500 postpartum individuals. The CAREPATH includes 3 postpartum telehealth visits from a perinatal CHW. The study will address the following aims: Aim 1: Compare: A) CARE PATH and B) standard of care among postpartum individuals on: Aim 1.A: postpartum visit completion. * Hypothesis 1.A: Patients assigned to the CARE PATH will have higher completion of their postpartum visit compared to those receiving standard of care. Aim 1.B: early detection of postpartum complications. * Hypothesis 1.B: Patients assigned to the CARE PATH will be more likely to experience early detection of postpartum complications that arise compared to those receiving standard of care. Aim 1.C: hospital readmission and ED visits postpartum. * Hypothesis 1.C: Patients assigned to the CARE PATH will be less likely to have hospital readmission or an ED visit compared to those receiving standard of care. Aim 2: Explore the impact of A) CARE PATH and B) standard of care on reproductive life planning/contraceptive counseling. * Hypothesis 2: Patients assigned to the CARE PATH will be more likely to report reproductive life planning/contraceptive counseling.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07572604
- Run by
- University of Arkansas
- People needed
- 500
- Starts
- 2026-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2029-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-07
Who can join
Age: 16 and older, up to 44. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 16-44 years old
- ≤ 38 weeks pregnant
- Ability to speak English, Spanish or Marshallese
You may not qualify if…
- Type 1 diabetes on an insulin pump followed closely by endocrinology
- Uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes
- End stage renal disease followed closely by nephrology
- ICU admission at any point during pregnancy or delivery hospitalization
- Other maternal conditions requiring additional surgeries (i.e. cesarean hysterectomy or intrapartum or postpartum oophorectomy/appendectomy)
- Incarceration
- Mental disability limiting decision-making capacity
- Uncontrolled chronic hypertension
- HELLP syndrome during pregnancy
- Sickle cell disease
- Maternal heart condition or heart disease
- Opioid use disorder
- Lupus
- Thrombophilia or blood clots
- Other maternal conditions or complications, known during pregnancy or delivery hospitalization, requiring prolonged hospitalization postpartum
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