Promoting Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a lifestyle intervention on gestational weight gain, postpartum weight loss, and other secondary outcomes relative to a usual care control group.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Pregnancy
• Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle Intervention

During pregnancy, participants complete one face-to-face counseling session, receive 10 behavioral podcasts, and receive weekly phone calls until delivery. Participants will be asked to attend one group session on breastfeeding. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in a private Facebook group during pregnancy and postpartum. During postpartum, participants complete one face-to-face counseling session, receive 16 behavioral podcasts, receive brief weekly check-in telephone calls for six weeks, and receive up to 8 telephone counseling calls through 6 months after delivery.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Care

Women will receive standard nutrition counseling provided by physicians, nurses, nutritionists, and counselors from the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program (if applicable). They will receive a monthly study mailing that is educational in nature as well as podcasts related to a healthy pregnancy. During pregnancy, the mailings will focus on tips for a healthy pregnancy and on fetal development. During postpartum the mailings will focus on infant development and parenting. We will select a matched number of podcasts from Pea in the Podcast, commercially available podcasts. All mailings and podcasts will avoid discussion of weight, PA, or diet (except for foods to avoid in pregnancy for safety reasons).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

  collaborator NIH

• University of South Carolina

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sara Wilcox, PhD · University of South Carolina

• Jihong Liu, Sc.D · University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

44 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-01-31

Primary Completion

2020-11-01

Completion

2020-11-01

Countries

• United States

Study Locations