Nurse-Family Partnership Impact Evaluation in South Carolina
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 6000
Summary
- Conditions
- Injuries
- Maternal Behavior
- Preterm Birth
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) was launched by pediatrician David Olds in the early 1970s in response to the observation that low-income mothers are less likely to engage in positive health and parenting behaviors that are associated with better child development outcomes (Olds et al. 1986). NFP is a prenatal and infancy home visiting program for low-income, first-time mothers and their families. Registered nurses begin visiting their clients as early in the pregnancy as possible, helping the mother-to-be make informed choices. The nurses continue visiting regularly until the child is two years old.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 15 years and 55 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
This study is an individual-level randomized controlled trial, with randomization post-consent. The study will enroll pregnant women who are income-eligible for Medicaid, less than 28 weeks pregnant, and have not had a previous live birth. All eligible applicants who provide written consent will be ...
This study is an individual-level randomized controlled trial, with randomization post-consent. The study will enroll pregnant women who are income-eligible for Medicaid, less than 28 weeks pregnant, and have not had a previous live birth. All eligible applicants who provide written consent will be randomly assigned either to a treatment group that is offered access to NFP or to a control group that is not. Two-thirds of those recruited will be randomized to the treatment group and one-third to the control group. Control group members will have access to the standard of care and whatever other programs and services are available in the community. The investigators will assess the effect of NFP on a range of short- and long-run maternal and child outcomes using administrative data that will be available for all members of both treatment and control groups. Several of the outcomes the investigators will evaluate are required as part of the Medicaid waiver and pay-for-success financing model.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03360539
- Collaborators
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
- University of Chicago
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Margaret McConnell, PhD Harvard School of Public Health
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