Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2022
Sleep SAAF responsive parenting intervention improves mothers' feeding practices: a randomized controlled trial among African American mother-infant dyads.
Trial report in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Sleep-Safe: A Strong African American Families Study
Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Targeting Mothers to Increase Practice of Responsive Feeding and Maintain Healthy Weight in Infants Minors
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- Carer perspectives on overweight, obesity and dental caries in early childhood: findings from a systematic qualitative review.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Early General Parenting Interventions: Long-term Effects in Underrepresented Populations and Implications for Obesity Prevention.Current obesity reports · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of a care-coordinated responsive parenting intervention on obesogenic risk behaviours among mother-infant dyads enrolled in WIC.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Effects of a responsive parenting intervention on Black mothers' depressive symptoms postpartum: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2024Trial
- 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
- Sleep SAAF Responsive Parenting Intervention for Black Mothers Impacts Response to Infant Crying: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Academic pediatricsTrial
- Complementary Feeding Frequency and Maternal Health: Reducing Anxiety and Improving Sleep Through Biobehavioral Pathways.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- A Directed Content Analysis of Discussions Between Mothers and Pediatricians Around Feeding and Growth Topics During Infant Well-Child Visits.Clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectiveParents shape children's early experiences with food, influencing what is served, children's food choices, and how much children eat. Responsive parenting (RP) interventions such as INSIGHT have improved maternal infant feeding practices, but have only been tested among predominantly White families. This secondary analysis of data from the Sleep SAAF (Strong African American Families) RCT tests the effects of an RP intervention designed to prevent rapid infant weight gain on African American mothers' infant feeding practices.
methodsPrimiparous African American mother-infant dyads (n = 194) were randomized to an RP or safety control intervention delivered by community research associates at infant age 3 and 8 weeks. At 16 weeks, mothers completed the Babies Need Feeding questionnaire, the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire, and the Babies Need Soothing questionnaire. Logistic regression and general linear models examined the effect of study group on infant feeding practices. Moderation analyses explored whether effects varied by feeding mode (any breast milk versus exclusive formula), maternal age (≥ 20 years versus < 20 years), and maternal pre-pregnancy BMI (with obesity versus not).
resultsRP mothers reported more responsive feeding (p = 0.005, partial η
conclusionsResponsive parenting education influenced some feeding practices of African American mothers. Mothers reported using less pressure, a control-based feeding practice, and more responsive feeding than controls.
trial registrationSleep SAAF: A Strong African American Families Study. www. CLINICALTRIALS: gov NCT03505203. Registered 3 April 2018.
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