Two-generation heart-health support for pregnant people and young children via home visits in Indiana and Illinois
2-Generation Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Health in Indiana and Illinois Through Home Visiting (2-NOURISH)
This program provides heart-healthy coaching and lifestyle support to pregnant people, new parents, and their young children through home visits and virtual tools.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Northwestern University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chicago, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11128739 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would get heart-health support during pregnancy and the early years of your child’s life through home-visiting programs that already serve families in the community. The team partners with Healthy Families America and Parents as Teachers home visitors and uses a virtual lifestyle platform (Weight Watchers) to deliver coaching on nutrition, physical activity, and weight. The focus is on both the parent’s and child’s health to try to improve cardiovascular health across generations. Northwestern University leads the project and works with sites in Indiana and Illinois to enroll families in the program.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Pregnant people or new parents with infants or young children served by participating home-visiting programs in Indiana or Illinois are the intended participants.
Not a fit: People who are not pregnant or parenting young children, live outside the participating regions, or are not enrolled in the partner home-visiting programs would not be eligible or likely to benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could improve mothers’ cardiovascular health and help reduce unhealthy weight and early heart-risk factors in children.
How similar studies have performed: Some prior home-visiting and lifestyle programs have improved maternal health and weight, but combining established home visiting with a virtual commercial lifestyle program in a two-generation cardiovascular approach is a newer strategy.
Where this research is happening
Chicago, United States
- Northwestern University — Chicago, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Tandon, Shiv Darius — Northwestern University
- Study coordinator: Tandon, Shiv Darius
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.