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The CRADLE (Community-enabled Readiness-for-1000-Days Learning Ecosystem) initiative seeks to improve first-time families' self-efficacy in parenting and to tangibly impact factors in maternal and child care which will result in improved health of mother and child.


Clinical Trial Description

Title: CRADLE (Community enabled Readiness for first 1000-Days Learning Ecosystem) Project Introduction: The "developmental origins of health and disease" (DOHaD) is a concept that has emerged over the past 50 years, linking the state of health and risk from disease in early childhood and adult life. With increasing evidence in neuroscience of the critical window of the first 1000 days of life which has life- long impact on cognitive, behavioral, physical and mental health of an individual. In present society where new parents learned the skills from social media which are based on personal perception and not evidence. CRADLE (Community-enabled Readiness-for-1000-Days Learning Ecosystem) initiative seeks to improve first-time families' self-efficacy in parenting and to tangibly impact factors in maternal and child care which will result in improved health of mother and child. Hypothesis: Use of an integrated choice architecture in a self-learning eco-community, with calibrated nudges, and group interactions & interaction with midwives and individualised teleconferencing sessions in the first 1000-days for first-time families will improve parenting self-efficacy. Method: This will be an Interventional Cohort Study. Each ARM 250 subjects. ARM 1 : Routine care ARM 2 : Behavioral Intervention with nudges and Facebook interaction ARM 3 : Community Intervention with interaction with midwives and individualised teleconferencing sessions The follow up period will be from first contact till child reaches 2 years old Measurement. The investigators will quantify the impact of this initiative through measurements of specific health & nutrition domains & patient-reported outcome measures (see below) as well as participant satisfaction. The two key health morbidities the investigators are addressing are the overall health and mental wellness of first-time families as well as their metabolic health (ie, nutrition). 1. Mother's Height and Weight (BMI) 2. Child's Height and Weight (BMI) 3. PROMIS Global-10 Scale 4. Patient Health Questionaire-2 5. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale 6. Parental Sense Of Competency Scale 7. Tool To Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE) 8. Birth Satisfaction Scale 9. Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale 10. Infant Feeding Questionnaire ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Emotional Well-being of First-time Families
  • Experience of First-time Families
  • Nutritional Health of Mother and Child
  • Parenting Self-Efficacy for First-time Families

NCT number NCT04275765
Study type Interventional
Source KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Contact Kee Chong Ng, MMed
Phone 63942301
Email ng.kee.chong@singhealth.com.sg
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date June 15, 2020
Completion date September 30, 2022