Mothers' Action Project for Child Health
This randomized controlled trial will recruit Bangladeshi mothers and their young children into a 12 month intervention that provides child health and oral health education and seeks to build social networks among mothers.
| Condition(s) | Dental Caries, Obesity Risk |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | This randomized controlled trial will recruit Bangladeshi mothers and their young children into a 12 month intervention that provides child health and oral health education and seeks to build social networks among mothers. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Mother: * Age \>=18; * Speaks and reads/writes Bengali or Hindi/Urdu; * Mother born in a South Asian country; * Mother is primary caretaker of child * Child: * Aged \>=12 and \<=48 months * Has Medicaid or CHIP (NYS health plan for low income families not qualifying for Medicaid) Exclusion Criteria: * Mother: * Unable to provide informed consent, * Lack of availability--either plans to travel for \> 1 month during 12 month initial study period or other barriers to attendance; * Mother has exclusionary health condition--either intellectual/cognitive or medical. * Child: * Weighed \< 5lbs at birth, * Has an exclusionary health condition and/or is taking long term (\>1 m) antibiotics; * Not the youngest eligible child in family |
| Ages | 12 Months to 45 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | University of Massachusetts, Worcester |
| Locations | New York, New York, United States |
| Start date | 2026-02-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT06753669 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06753669 |