TodaysBaby mobile safe-sleep support for new parents
Official title: Get Social Media and Risk-Reduction Training (GET SMART)
Run by University of Virginia · NCT06618586 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This program tests the TodaysBaby mobile safe-sleep messaging for parents of healthy, full-term newborns to see if it improves safe sleep practices and reaches families equally across income and race/ethnicity.
Quick facts
| Study type | Interventional |
|---|---|
| Sex | Women only |
| Enrollment | 10000 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | University of Virginia Academic / other |
| Locations | 1 site (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | May 1, 2025 |
| Main results expected | June 1, 2027 |
| Study ends | June 1, 2028 |
| Registry record updated | June 11, 2025 |
| Trial ID | NCT06618586 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Ideal participants are English- or Spanish-speaking parents or primary caregivers in the United States who have just given birth to a healthy, term infant, plan to live with and care for the baby, and can enroll in TodaysBaby within seven days of birth.
✕Probably not a fit
Families with infants who have prenatal diagnoses requiring nonstandard care or sleep positioning, non-English/Spanish speakers, parents of preterm infants, or those unable to enroll within seven days are unlikely to receive benefit from this program.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This project implements the TodaysBaby mobile safe sleep intervention in U.S. hospitals to deliver tailored safe-sleep messaging to new parents in English or Spanish. Researchers will measure program penetration and equity across income and race/ethnicity, and will track feasibility, acceptability, sustainability, and fidelity of the intervention. Effectiveness will be measured by changes in reported infant sleep practices among parents who enroll within seven days of birth after delivering a healthy term infant. The work is led by the University of Virginia with collaborators including Washington University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center and is being carried out at participating hospitals, including Boston University.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could increase safe sleep practices and reduce sudden infant deaths by improving access and adherence, especially among underserved families.
How similar studies have gone: Previous mobile-messaging and safe-sleep education programs have shown modest improvements in parent-reported safe sleep behaviors, but large-scale hospital implementation with an explicit equity focus is less well tested.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Must speak English or Spanish * Must live in the United States * Must have given birth to a healthy, term infants (37 weeks or greater) and be discharged within 7 days of birth * Must plan to care for infant and live in the same household as infant after birth * Must enroll in the TodaysBaby program by the time their infant is 7 days of age Exclusion Criteria: * A prenatal diagnosis expected to have impact on infant care practices not compatible with study goals, such as supine infant sleep positioning.
Where it's running
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Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Recruiting
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: Rachel Y Moon, MD — University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Study coordinator: Sarah Roth, MPH
- Email: saroth@bu.edu
- Phone: (617)206-6198
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.