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Pregnancy-Related Obesity Prevention Through Education & Communication Technology in AFRICA:The PROTECT-AFRICA STUDY

NCT01948323 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1200

Last updated 2015-08-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether overweight but not obese pregnant African women having unlimited access to a health education-information technology (IT) based intervention package gain weight within the acceptable range of 8-12 kg during the pregnancy period.

Therefore, we hypothesize that unlimited access to health education via an IT-based intervention package has the potential to reduce the onset of obesity in African pregnant women.

To date (Aug 2015), 95% of patients have been recruited, 1320 potential subjects have been screened and 150 enrolled into the study

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

HEDUAfrica IT package+ standard care

The HEDUAfrica website aims to target disadvantaged pregnant women representing the core aspect of the intervention. The website is available on a touch screen panel at the two intervention clinics, (Cape Town and Soweto, South Africa). A trained healthcare worker will assist women by means of a touchscreen tablet at the follow up sessions. The website content includes a number of short videos and health messages related to a pregnancy-specific-disease outcomes. Participants are also asked to complete 2 questionnaires (24 hour dietary recall assessment and short messaging service technology driven) in conjunction to engaging with the HEDUAfrica website. The intervention is standardized across all participants in the intervention group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Cape Town

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen Sliwa, PhD · Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa (HICRA), University of Cape Town

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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