Assessing the CenteringPregnancy Planning to Parent Innovation

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The investigators propose to evaluate how the CenteringPregnancy curriculum compared with an enhanced curriculum, with the addition of 2 trauma-informed interventions, affects how new parents prepare for parenting and respond to common stressors.

Detailed Description
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The two interventions will be 1) A viewing of All Babies Cry and a discussion of what it's like to be a new parent and 2) A Planning to Parent stress activity where parents discuss when they have felt overwhelmed, the coping mechanisms they used, and what can be done to manage those emotions in the future. The goal of this project is to gain insight from current participants in CenteringPregnancy group care around the ways that these interventions can better prepare parents to deal with the common stresses of parenthood. The investigators will assess the curriculum by administering pre-test and post-test surveys to CenteringPregancy patients within 6 groups. Three of the groups will use the regular CenteringPregnancy curriculum and 3 of the groups will use the enhanced Centering Pregnancy curriculum. Participants will be recruited to CenteringPregnancy, and thus this study, as part of Boston Medical Center Obstetrics/Gynecology Associate's regular prenatal registration process and will be assigned to prenatal groups based on due date. The informed consent and pre-test will be administered to patients at Session 7 of the CenteringPregnancy curriculum and the post-test will be administered to patients at the postpartum visit. The control CenteringPregnancy groups will follow the regular curriculum as written in the CenteringPregnancy Facilitator's Guide. The experimental CenteringPregnancy groups will follow the regular CenteringPregnancy curriculum, with the addition of the All Babies Cry intervention during Session 7 (30-34 weeks) and the Planning to Parent stress intervention during Session 8 (32-36 weeks). There will be no individual interviews of participants. Following the postpartum survey, the Research Assistant will conduct electronic medical record chart reviews of the study participants. The investigators propose to seek between 24 and 36 patients for the 3 control groups and between 24 and 36 patients for the 3 experimental groups, for a total of 48-72 subjects. Pre-test and post-test surveys will be collected by a member of the research team. Surveys will be kept in a locked desk and will later analyzed. The intent of this study is to gather important information on ways to improve group-based prenatal care from a patient-centered, trauma-informed perspective. This will ultimately help to improve both family and child well being and reduce the risk of child abuse, neglect and parental and toxic stress in the greater Boston area.

Official Title
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Assessing the CenteringPregnancy Planning to Parent Innovation

Conditions
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Stress, Psychologic, Pregnancy

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Trauma-informed group


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Fluent in English language. Able to complete a written survey in English. Currently participating in CenteringPregnancy groups at Boston Medical Center. A woman at least 18 years old or older. Exclusion Criteria: Women who do not attend the sessions where the intervention are conducted Women <18 years old will not be recruited. All participants will be 18 years old or older. Not fluent in English language.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Trauma-informed group<br>These groups will use the enhanced Centering Pregnancy curriculum. | Behavioral: Trauma-informed group<br>* The two interventions will be: 1) A viewing of All Babies Cry and a discussion of what it's like to be a new parent, 2) A Planning to Parent stress activity where parents discuss when they have felt overwhelmed, the coping mechanisms they used, and what can be done to manage those emotions in the future. The goal of this project is to gain insight from current participants in CenteringPregnancy group care around the ways that these interventions can better prepare parents to deal with the common stresses of parenthood.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control group<br>These groups will use the standard CenteringPregnancy curriculum. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sources of parenting information |  | 1 month postpartum | 
| Types of parenting support used |  | 1 month postpartum | 
| Types of parental behaviors demonstrated |  | 1 month postpartum | 
| Frequency of depressed moods (scale) |  | 1 month postpartum | 
| Parents' levels of social support |  | 1 month postpartum | 
| Frequency of parenting stress (scale) |  | 1 month postpartum | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Group Prenatal Visits,CenteringPregnancy