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Trial reportJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2025

Unconditional cash transfers to low-income preterm infants and their families: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Zoe M Bouchelle, Timothy D Nelin, Elizabeth G Salazar, Sydney Ragland, Destiny Uwawuike, Joshua K Radack, Andrea F Duncan

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Trial report in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05930327 (COIN), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05930327 nacompletednot on this map

COIN: A Pilot Study of Cash Transfers to Improve Outcomes in Low-Income Preterm Neonates and Their Families

TypeinterventionalSponsorChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRan2023 to 2023Enrolled24ConditionsPreterm BirthArmsUnconditional Cash Transfer (High-Value), Unconditional Cash Transfer (Low-Value)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zoe M Bouchelle *Department of Pediatrics and Center for Health Systems Research, Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA.
Timothy D Nelin *Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. nelint@chop.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7435-2610
Elizabeth G SalazarDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6998-5977
Sydney RaglandMorehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Destiny UwawuikeUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Joshua K RadackDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Andrea F DuncanDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5973-2690

Funding

Training in Critical Care Health Policy ResearchT32HL098054 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Scott D Halpern · 2010 to 2026
$8.2M
Multidisciplinary Training Program in Pediatric Lung DiseasesT32HL160493 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Sharon Ann McGrath-Morrow, Lisa R. Young · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pilot Grant AwardChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) PolicyLab Pilot GrantNHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL098054NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL160493
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveUnconditional cash transfers (UCTs)-no strings attached monthly payments-to low-income families may reduce financial stress and improve health outcomes. We sought to determine the feasibility and acceptability of randomizing low-income caregivers of preterm infants to a high- or low-value UCT for 4 months. STUDY

designParallel, pilot randomized controlled trial that was preregistered (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05930327). We enrolled 24 birthing parent-infant dyads. The intervention was a $325 monthly UCT and the active control was a $25 monthly UCT.

resultThe intervention was feasible and universally acceptable among families in the high-value cash transfer arm. Exploratory outcomes revealed a high degree of financial strain, stress, and depressive symptoms.

conclusionThis study provides feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy data to inform a future, larger trial to examine the impacts of UCTs to low-income birthing parents of preterm infants. CLINICAL

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05930327.

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CaregiversFinancial StressInfant, PrematureParentsPovertyAdultFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMalePilot Projects

Identifiers

PMID40216998
PMCPMC12326556

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