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Northwell Health Visits: A Family Connects Pilot Implementation at Northwell Health

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Suspected
Postpartum Depression
Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Confirmed
Interventions
Other: Enhanced Intervention
Other: Intervention
Registration Number
NCT03887910
Lead Sponsor
Northwell Health
Brief Summary

Northwell Health Visits (NHV) is a three year pilot replication of the evidence-based model, Family Connects, which is a brief universal Nurse Practitioner home visiting program for new mothers and their infants. We seek to compare outcomes among mothers and infants enrolled in the NHV enhanced intervention arm, those enrolled in the NHV screening-only arm, and those in the control arm. NHV will follow a three- armed randomized control trial design.

Detailed Description

Northwell Health Visits (NHV) is based on Family Connects (formerly Durham Connects), which is a short-term, universal, inexpensive postnatal nurse home visiting program designed to provide brief parenting intervention and to connect families with community resources based on individualized assessments of family needs. The intervention was found to reduce the number of infant emergency medical care episodes and rates of anxiety in mothers, as well as increase community connection, positive parenting behaviors, participation in higher quality out-of-home child care when implemented in Durham, so we are looking to replicate these outcomes. We are adapting the model to serve the local population that is served by Northwell Health - Katz Women's Hospital at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center, to see if increasing services in and around discharge is more useful for mothers and infants, and improves outcomes for infants. The focus is of early intervention (education and support by Nurse Practitioner), and connection to community agencies, in order to: reduce healthcare costs, decrease the rate of mothers and infants Potentially Preventable Emergency Room Visits (PPVs), adhere to well-baby care and mother's postpartum care schedules, improve family functioning, strengthen family partnerships and well-being, reduce necessary reports to child protective services, improve mental and physical health outcomes of mothers and infants within the first six months of life.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
840
Inclusion Criteria
  • Infant Born at Katz Women's Hospital at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center
  • Mother Age 18 years or older
  • Mother who has delivered a single live born normal infant, vaginally or by cesarean section
  • Mother Primary Language Spoken is English
Exclusion Criteria
  • Loss of Pregnancy
  • Fetal demise
  • No health insurance
  • Infant in neonatal intensive care unit

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Enhanced InterventionEnhanced InterventionNorthwell Health Visits postnatal Nurse Practitioner home visitation program and referrals and developmental toys.
InterventionInterventionNorthwell Health Visits postnatal Nurse Practitioner home visitation program and developmental screening and parent guides only.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mother Emergency Room Presentation RatesProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

As reported in hospital administrative records and self report.

Mother Hospital AdmissionsProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

As reported in hospital administrative records and self report.

Child Emergency Room Presentation RatesProgram enrollment until 24 months of Child Age.

As reported in hospital administrative records and reported by parent.

Child Hospital AdmissionsProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

As reported in hospital administrative records and reported by parent.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Family Connections to Community Services/ResourcesProgram enrollment until 7 months postnatal.

Rates of family connections to community resources and services as reported by the mother.

Mother parenting behaviorsProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

Rates of mother positive and negative parenting behaviors as reported by mother.

Mother Mental Health - Anxiety RatesProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

Rates of postpartum anxiety symptoms as reported by mother. Assessed with General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7).

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item (GAD-7) Scale Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?

1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge

2. Not being able to stop or control worrying

3. Worrying too much about different things

4. Trouble relaxing

5. Being so restless that it's hard to sit still

6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable

7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen

Score each with the following options:

Not at all (0) Several days (1) More than half the days (2) Nearly every day (3) Scoring Criteria: Total score (adding all the numbers) provides a possible score from 0-21.

GAD-7 Total Score Symptom Range 0-4 Minimal Anxiety 5-9 Mild Anxiety 10-14 Moderate Anxiety 15-21 Severe Anxiety

Child Postnatal Well-Care Compliance RatesProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

Rates of infant compliance with postnatal well-care health checks as reported by mother and found on hospital records.

Mother Postnatal Well-Care Compliance RatesProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

Rates of mother compliance with postnatal well-care, self reported and found on hospital records.

Mother alcohol and other drug abuseProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

Rates of mother alcohol and other drug abuse as reported by mother and assessed using CAGE-AID screening tool.

The CAGE questionnaire is used to test for alcohol abuse and dependence in adults. The CAGEAID version of the tool has been adapted to include drug use. Item responses on the CAGE and CAGE-AID are scored 0 or 1, with a higher score indicating alcohol or drug use problems. Each affirmative response earns one point. One point indicates a possible problem. Two points indicate a probable problem. 2/4 or greater = positive CAGE, further evaluation is indicated.

Family ViolenceProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

Rates of family violence as assessed using the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS). Instructions: Please check the answer that best describes your relationship with your partner in the past year? The CTS is scored by adding the midpoints for the response categories chosen by the participant. The midpoints are the same as the response category numbers for Categories 0, 1, and 2. For Category 3 (3-5 times) the midpoint is 4, for Category 4 (6- or more times) it is 8.

A score of 0 is negative for family violence,higher scores are indicative of greater physical abuse

Mother Mental Health - Depression RatesProgram enrollment until 24 months postnatal.

Rates of postpartum depression symptoms as reported by mother. Assessed with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).

SCORING QUESTIONS 1, 2, \& 4 (without an \*) Are scored 0, 1, 2 or 3 with top box scored as 0 and the bottom box scored as 3.

QUESTIONS 3, 510 (marked with an \*) Are reverse scored, with the top box scored as a 3 and the bottom box scored as 0.

Maximum score: 30 Possible Depression: 10 or greater Always look at item 10 (suicidal thoughts)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northwell Health

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Manhasset, New York, United States

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