This study aims to improve adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep (SS) recommendations and improve rates of initiation and duration of partial and exclusive breastfeeding (BF); and reduce Black/White disparities in these practices through the use of private Facebook groups providing a) evidence-based education through videos and other multi-media supporting best practices and b) an online community and social network of other pregnant WIC clients and new parents.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
3,000
Participants will be part of a private Facebook group from approximately 32 weeks gestation to 6 months postpartum. The Facebook group will provide a) evidence-based education through videos and other multi-media supporting best practices for infant safe sleep and b) an online community and social network of other pregnant WIC clients and new parents.
Participants will be part of a private Facebook group from approximately 32 weeks gestation to 6 months postpartum. The Facebook group will provide a) evidence-based education through videos and other multi-media supporting best practices for breastfeeding and b) an online community and social network of other pregnant WIC clients and new parents.
Participants will be part of a private Facebook group from approximately 32 weeks gestation to 6 months postpartum. The Facebook group will provide a) evidence-based education through videos and other multi-media supporting best practices for early brain development and parent-child interactions (control intervention) and b) an online community and social network of other pregnant WIC clients and new parents.
Boston University Medical Campus
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
RECRUITINGExclusive infant supine sleep position in the previous two weeks
An investigator-developed maternal survey will be used to assess infant's usual sleep position during the previous two weeks with categorical responses of back, stomach, side, and other, with the proportion of infants using exclusive supine sleep position as the primary outcome measure.
Time frame: Between 2 and 6 months
Infant sleep location (exclusive room sharing without bed sharing) in the previous two weeks
An investigator-developed maternal survey will be used to assess the infant's usual sleep location during the previous two weeks with categorical responses of room sharing without bed sharing, room sharing with bed sharing, no room sharing and no bed sharing, with the proportion of infants exclusively room sharing without bed sharing as the primary outcome measure.
Time frame: Between 2 and 6 months
Soft bedding use in the previous two weeks
An investigator-developed maternal survey will be used to assess soft bedding placed in and around the infant (while sleeping) during the previous two weeks with categorical responses of Yes or No.
Time frame: Between 2 and 6 months
Breastmilk feeding in the previous two weeks
An investigator-developed maternal survey will be used to assess whether the infant was breast fed during the previous two weeks with categorical responses of exclusively breast fed, partially breast fed, or not breast fed.
Time frame: Between 2 and 6 months
Usual infant sleep position in the previous two weeks
An investigator-developed maternal survey will be used to assess infant's usual sleep position during the previous two weeks with categorical responses of back, stomach, side, and other.
Time frame: Between 2 and 6 months
. Usual infant sleep location in the previous two weeks
An investigator-developed maternal survey will be used to assess the infant's usual sleep location during the previous two weeks with categorical responses of room sharing without bed sharing, room sharing with bed sharing, no room sharing and no bed sharing.
Time frame: Between 2 and 6 months
Pacifier use in the previous two weeks
An investigator-developed maternal survey will be used to assess the infant's pacifier use during the previous two weeks with categorical responses of Yes or No.
Time frame: Between 2 and 6 months
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