Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT00537108 |
| Other study ID # |
H-29138 |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
N/A
|
| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
August 2007 |
| Est. completion date |
September 2011 |
Study information
| Verified date |
October 2022 |
| Source |
University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
|
Clinical Trial Summary
Teenagers who become parents often struggle with new challenges as they try to take care of
their children and themselves. Programs that provide teens with support, education, and
counseling may help teens to become the best parents they can be and reach their own goals.
Health care providers who take care of pregnant and parenting teenagers are trying to find
out what types of programs are most helpful for the physical, emotional, and social health of
pregnant and parenting teenagers. The purpose of this study is to find out what kinds of
activities help teens be successful as parents and achieve success in their lives.
Description:
Pregnant teenagers and teenagers who have children less than 2 weeks old and who attend
either University Family Medicine, the Maryland Women's Center, Teen Tot Clinic, University
Care at Edmonson Village, Weinberg Community Health Center, or Maryland General Outpatient
clinics will be asked to participate in a home visiting and care management program and
study. Those agreeing to participate are placed into one of two groups. One group receives a
Home Visiting and Care Management Program along with their usual medical care. The other
group receives only their usual medical care.
If placed into the home visiting group, the teen is given a home visitor (also called a Care
Manager). The Care Manager arranges to meet with the teen every month until the teen's baby
is 2 years old. The meetings last about 1 hour and usually take place in the teen's home.
The Care Manager provides 4 Core Services to the teen:
1. Baseline and ongoing monthly needs assessment for healthcare, mental health, school/job
attainment, daycare, housing stability;
2. Computer Assisted Motivational Interviewing (CAMI) sessions with teen mother. In CAMI
sessions, the teen answers questions on a laptop computer that assess partner
relationships, sexual behaviors, & risk for repeat pregnancy. Following the assessment,
the trained Care Manager conducts motivational interviewing, a counseling technique
aimed at assisting the teen to improve contraceptive and condom use, focus on goals, and
promote school continuation;
3. Parenting instruction with a culturally sensitive, developmentally relevant parenting
curriculum; and
4. Coordination and linkage with primary care and community partners (e.g. UMB Division of
Community Psychiatry) with respect to health care, mental health care, and other
services.
If the teen grants permission, we will try to contact her baby's father and invite him to
participate in similar activities.
