Strategies for Implementing a Postpartum Lifestyle Intervention in WIC Clinics
Purpose
The primary objective of the STRIVE study is to compare two implementation strategies for Diabetes Prevention Program delivery: an in-person health coach strategy (standard 24 in-person sessions at WIC clinics) vs. a multifaceted technology-assisted health coach implementation strategy (12 in-person sessions at WIC clinics supplemented by technology support) on implementation and health-related outcomes in postpartum women.
Conditions
- Obesity
- Gestational Diabetes
- Lifestyle, Healthy
- Glucose Intolerance During Pregnancy
- PreDiabetes
- Hyperglycemia
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Genders
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria for Clinics:
- Serve a large number of WIC postpartum participants
- Willing and able to provide space for the study
Inclusion Criteria for Participants:
- Age 18 or older
- Gave birth in the past 6 weeks to 12 months
- Obesity or history of gestational diabetes mellitus (Current BMI ≥30 kg/m², OR
Medical-record documented history of gestational diabetes mellitus and BMI ≥25
kg/m²)
- No self-reported diabetes (other than gestational diabetes)
- Hemoglobin A1c <6.5%
- Not currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months
- No plans to move outside of the study region in the next 12 months
- Access to a smartphone
- Willing and able to participate in the intervention and provide consent
- Not an immediate family member of the staff at the WIC clinic
- Other concerns regarding ability to meet trial requirements, at the discretion of
the principal investigator or study coordinator
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Intervention Model Description
- Cluster-randomization of 36 Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
- Masking Description
- Due to the nature of the cluster design and intervention program, the study participants, health coaches, DPP Coordinators, WIC clinic staff, and research staff who collect clinical outcome data will not be blinded.
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Active Comparator In-person health coach strategy |
Delivery of 24 health coaching sessions in-person by health coaches over 1 year. Standard delivery of 24-sessions of the Group Lifestyle Balance (GLB) behavioral intervention in WIC clinics. The GLB was adapted from the original Lifestyle Balance behavioral intervention used in the original Diabetes Prevention Program trial for use in community translation and group settings. It focuses on improving diet and physical activity and promoting moderate weight loss through health coaching on behavioral change, including self-monitoring of food intake, physical activity, and weight. |
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Active Comparator Multifaceted technology-assisted health coach implementation strategy |
Delivery of 12 health coaching GLB sessions in-person by health coaches over one year; supplemental technology support, including tools for self-monitoring, health coach monitoring, asynchronous delivery of intervention materials, and asynchronous coach and group connection. The GLB was adapted from the original Lifestyle Balance behavioral intervention used in the original Diabetes Prevention Program trial for use in community translation and group settings. It focuses on improving diet and physical activity and promoting moderate weight loss through health coaching on behavioral change, including self-monitoring of food intake, physical activity, and weight. |
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Recruiting Locations
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
More Details
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
Detailed Description
The overall objective of this project is to study the implementation, effectiveness, and sustainability of implementing the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in postpartum women who receive services from WIC. In this effectiveness-implementation type III cluster-randomized trial, we will compare two implementation strategies for DPP delivery: an in-person health coach-led implementation strategy (standard 24 in-person sessions) vs. a multifaceted technology-assisted health coach implementation strategy (12 in-person sessions supplemented by technology tools). Eighteen clinics will be randomized to the multifaceted technology-assisted health coach strategy and 18 to the in-person health coach-led strategy. A total of 900 postpartum participants (25 per clinic) will be recruited into the study and followed for 12 months for implementation and effectiveness outcomes. A post-intervention study visit will take place 6 months after the end of the 12-month intervention to evaluate the sustainability of the implementation strategies.