Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) Transitions

Description

This is a randomized controlled trial of a dyad-centered, doula support and healthcare coordination model of care in a large urban neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which serves a high-risk, low-income, majority Black population. In addition to doula support and coordination of care in the NICU, there will be a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) NICU.

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Premature Birth, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This is a randomized controlled trial of a dyad-centered, doula support and healthcare coordination model of care in a large urban neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which serves a high-risk, low-income, majority Black population. In addition to doula support and coordination of care in the NICU, there will be a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) NICU.

Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) Transitions

Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) Transitions

Condition
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Philadelphia

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * HUP postpartum patients who are at least 16 years old at the time their newborns' birth
  • * Infant born at HUP
  • * Preterm birth \<34 weeks
  • * English language speaking
  • * Unable to read or sign informed consent
  • * Parents of infants transferred into HUP NICU
  • * If the medical team believes that the infant may not live or be transferred to another hospital in upcoming weeks
  • * HUP postpartum patients who are less than 16 years of age at the time of their newborns' birth

Ages Eligible for Study

16 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Pennsylvania,

Heather Burris, MD MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Pennsylvania

Study Record Dates

2027-08