Clinical trial NCT03372408: Parkdale Infant Nutrition Security Targeted Evaluation Project: Chart Review
Official title: Parkdale Infant Nutrition Security Targeted Evaluation Project (PINSTEP): Formative Research (Objective 1-Retrospective Chart Review)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Prenatal Community Program
Vulnerable Population
Postnatal Community Program
Lead sponsor: University of Toronto
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-12-13
Enrollment: 338
Sex: FEMALE
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Clients enrolled in Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Brief summary: In Toronto Ontario, the Parkdale Community Health Centre operates a community outreach program entitled Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's). The 5P's provides weekly pre- and post-natal support and education programs for clients. This includes an infant feeding program for mothers with infants 0-6 months (Feeding Tiny Souls). The 5P's has a diverse client-base; the program is aimed at women who are in challenging life circumstances, therefore, clients may include low-income or single mothers and newcomers to Canada.

It is important to know who is accessing community programs and what the drivers of program utilization are in order to better support the women who are enrolled and to target those who are not. The aim of this project is twofold: 1) to investigate what socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics predict level of participation in a prenatal community outreach program targeting vulnerable mothers and 2) based on utilization of a prenatal program, are there differences in the use of a postnatal program? This study will be conducted through a retrospective chart review. The study population will consist of women who enrolled in 5P's prenatally. The hypothesis is that more vulnerable women will not attend programming as frequently.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Enrolled in Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) prenatally
* 5P's client signed the permission to release information on the 5P's intake form

Exclusion Criteria:

* Only attended Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) postnatally
* 5P's client did not sign the permission to release information on the 5P's intake form

Primary outcomes:
measure: Level of program participation as assessed by review of client records and program attendance records
timeFrame: Registration to prenatal program until 12 months postpartum
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Toronto
country: Canada
facility: Parkdale Community Health Centre
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Toronto
name: Jane Francis, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Francis J, Ismail S, Mildon A, Stewart S, Underhill B, Tarasuk V, Di Ruggiero E, Kiss A, Sellen DW, O'Connor DL. Characteristics of vulnerable women and their association with participation in a Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program site in Toronto, Canada. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021 Dec;41(12):413-422. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.41.12.02.