Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2017
Family-based obesity prevention for infants: Design of the "Mothers & Others" randomized trial.
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Mothers and Others: Family-based Obesity Prevention for Infants and Toddlers
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Identifying behavior change techniques (BCTs) in responsive feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity-A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic literature review of breastfeeding interventions among Black populations using the RE-AIM framework.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Pooled it
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Process evaluations of early childhood obesity prevention interventions delivered via telephone or text messages: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in later infancy in term-born infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of a Responsive Parenting Intervention Among Black Families on Infant Sleep: A Secondary Analysis of the Sleep SAAF Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Home-based intervention for non-Hispanic black families finds no significant difference in infant size or growth: results from the Mothers & Others randomized controlled trial.BMC pediatrics · 2020Trial
- Validation of the Infant Feeding Beliefs Questionnaire (IFBQ) among pregnant African- American women and their study partners.Appetite · 2019Trial
- Sleep SAAF Responsive Parenting Intervention for Black Mothers Impacts Response to Infant Crying: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Academic pediatricsTrial
- Grandparent Coresidence and Risk of Early Child Overweight and Obesity in Low-Income, Hispanic Families in New York City.Academic pediatricsTrial
- Examining the role of socioeconomic adversity on depressive symptoms during pregnancy among non-Hispanic Black women.SSM. Mental health · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating during post-partum among non-Hispanic Black mothers.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Barriers to Providing Lactation Services and Support to Families in Appalachia: A Mixed-Methods Study With Lactation Professionals and Supporters.American journal of public health · 2022Article
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- Family-based interventions for preventing overweight or obesity among preschoolers from racial/ethnic minority groups: A scoping review.Obesity science & practice · 2022Article
- Directionality of the associations between bedsharing, maternal depressive symptoms, and infant sleep during the first 15 months of life.Sleep health · 2022Article
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- Engaging fathers in the first 1000 days to improve perinatal outcomes and prevent obesity: Rationale and design of the First Heroes randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
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- Self-efficacy, infant feeding practices, and infant weight gain: An integrative review.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2019Review
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveOur goal is to test the efficacy of a family-based, multi-component intervention focused on infants of African-American (AA) mothers and families, a minority population at elevated risk for pediatric obesity, versus a child safety attention-control group to promote healthy weight gain patterns during the first two years of life. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS, AND
methodsThe design is a two-group randomized controlled trial among 468 AA pregnant women in central North Carolina. Mothers and study partners in the intervention group receive anticipatory guidance on breastfeeding, responsive feeding, use of non-food soothing techniques for infant crying, appropriate timing and quality of complementary feeding, age-appropriate infant sleep, and minimization of TV/media. The primary delivery channel is 6 home visits by a peer educator, 4 interim newsletters and twice-weekly text messaging. Intervention families also receive 2 home visits from an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Assessments occur at 28 and 37weeks gestation and when infants are 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15months of age.
resultsThe primary outcome is infant/toddler growth and likelihood of overweight at 15months. Differences between groups are expected to be achieved through uptake of the targeted infant feeding and care behaviors (secondary outcomes) and change in caregivers' modifiable risk factors (mediators) underpinning the intervention.
conclusionsIf successful in promoting healthy infant growth and enhancing caregiver behaviors, "Mothers and Others" will have high public health relevance for future obesity-prevention efforts aimed at children younger than 2years, including interventional research and federal, state, and community health programs.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01938118, August 9, 2013.
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