TodaysBaby mobile safe-sleep support for new parents
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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
| Phase | Not applicable |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Enrollment | 10000 (estimated) |
| Sex | Female |
| Sponsor | University of Virginia Academic / other |
| Locations | 1 site (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| Trial ID | NCT06618586 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
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.
Who should consider this trial
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.
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.
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 performed: 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.
Eligibility criteria
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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 this trial is running
Boston, Massachusetts
- 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
How to participate
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Visit the official trial page on ClinicalTrials.gov for the most current contact information and recruitment status.
- Contact the listed study coordinator or principal investigator to request pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.