Patient-clinical Linkages to Improve Trust and Engagement in Postpartum Healthcare

Part of paid clinical trials in Jackson, Mississippi.

Sponsor
Jackson State University
Study ID
NCT06481631
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Contraception
  • Family Dynamics
  • Family Structure
  • Health Literacy
  • Maternal Behavior
  • Postpartum Mood Disturbance
  • Trust in Healthcare System

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
18 Years - 45 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • The PEN-3 Intervention Model — BEHAVIORAL
    The PEN-3 Model is a sociocultural model for planning and assessing participant behavior within the context a cultural phenomenon. It will be used to assess intervention impact on patient-clinical linkages in the Mississippi Delta.

Study Details

Maternal mortality in the United States is higher than in peer nations and has not decreased since 1990. Beyond mortality, severe maternal mortality impacts far too many women. Not only are these high rates alarming, but notable racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities exist. These inequities are highly regional, with women living in the rural southeast part of the United States, including the Mississippi Delta, having the highest rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. Unfortunately, these disparities have proven to be stubbornly resistant to interventions, necessitating an innovative multifaceted approach focused on community practice, building trust, and prioritizing patient voices. To meet this need, this proposal aims to establish the Mississippi Delta Research Center of Excellence for Maternal Health with the goal of addressing preventable maternal mortality, decreasing severe maternal morbidity, and promoting maternal health equity in partnership with the Mississippi Delta community. This patient-clinical linkages intervention study will evaluate the effectiveness of a multilevel and multisector communication and health literacy strategy to increase trust and engagement in postpartum healthcare among women in the Mississippi Delta, with a specific focus on Black women, their families, and their communities. These research projects both have the overarching goal of partnering with the community to determine and meet the needs of pregnant and postpartum women in the Mississippi Delta and address the disparities within maternity health and health care outcomes.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 1, 2025
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2029
Completion
Jun 30, 2030

Study Design

Enrollment
250 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Other: PEN-3 Assessment Model
    Application of a sociocultural model to assess patient-clinical linkages that support positive maternal health outcomes

Primary Outcome Measure

Improve trust in the healthcare system [ Time Frame: 12 months from consent to participate ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Jackson State University/Department of Behavioral & Environmental HealthJacksonMississippi39213-

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