Trial reportJournal of health communication2015
Empowering Women's Prenatal Communication: Does Literacy Matter?
Trial report in Journal of health communication, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient-clinician communication amongst black perinatal people: a systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-Provider Satisfaction and Communication in U.S. Prenatal Care: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Pooled it
- Towards a more patient-centered clinical trial process: A systematic review of interventions incorporating health literacy best practices.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Patient Decision Aids for Socially Disadvantaged Populations: Update from the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS).Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Communication Interventions in Obstetrics-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Parent Satisfaction With Communication Is Associated With Physician's Patient-Centered Communication Patterns During Family Conferences.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2016Trial
- Contextualizing the experiences of Black pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: 'It's been a lonely ride'.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Strategies to improve interpersonal communication along the continuum of maternal and newborn care: A scoping review and narrative synthesis.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- The Impact of a Communication Training on the Birth Experience: Qualitative Interviews with Mothers after Giving Birth at Obstetric University Departments in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Influence of the 5A's Counseling Strategy on Weight Gain During Pregnancy: An Observational Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2017Observational
- Providing prenatal care to pregnant women with overweight or obesity: Differences in provider communication and ratings of the patient-provider relationship by patient body weight.Patient education and counseling · 2017Article
- Starting the conversation: Patient initiation of weight-related behavioral counseling during pregnancy.Patient education and counseling · 2016Article
- Communication predictors and consequences of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) discussions in oncology visits.Patient education and counseling · 2016Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This study was designed to evaluate the impact of an interactive computer program developed to empower prenatal communication among women with restricted literacy skills. A total of 83 women seeing 17 clinicians were randomized to a computer-based communication activation intervention (Healthy Babies Healthy Moms [HBHM]) or prenatal education (Baby Basics [BB]) prior to their prenatal visit. Visit communication was coded with the Roter Interaction Analysis System, and postvisit satisfaction was reported. Participants were on average 24 years of age and 25 weeks pregnant; 80% were African American. Two thirds scored ≤8th grade on a literacy screener. Women with literacy deficits were more verbally active, disclosed more medical and psychosocial/lifestyle information, and were rated as more dominant by coders in the HBHM group relative to their counterparts in the BB group (all ps < .05). Clinicians were less verbally dominant and more patient centered with literate HBHM relative to BB group women (p < .05); there was a similar, nonsignificant trend (p < .1) for lower literate women. Clinicians communicated less medical information and made fewer reassurance statements to lower literate women in the HBHM relative to the BB group (p < .05). There was a trend toward lower visit satisfaction for women with restricted literacy in the HBHM relative to the BB group (p < .1); no difference in satisfaction was evident for more literate women. The HBHM intervention empowered communication of all women and facilitated verbal engagement and relevant disclosure of medical and psychosocial information of women with literacy deficits. Satisfaction, however, tended to be lower for these women.
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