First 2000 Days Care Connect (FDCC) – a holistic first 2000 days model of antenatal care for pregnant migrants or refugees

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Pregnancy; Refugee and migrant maternal health; Maternal health; Infant health; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Normal pregnancy; Public Health - Health service research; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Antenatal care; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621001088831
• Lead Sponsor: Susan Woolfenden

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-08-18
• Last Update Posted: 25 April 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

• Attending antenatal clinics or postnatal wards at St George, Royal North Shore, Hornsby, Liverpool or Fairfield Hospitals
• Residing in geographical catchment for the respective antenatal clinic or postnatal ward areas of study
• Expectant mother, 16 years of age or older and greater than 20 weeks gestation, or or mother who has recently given birth at the abovementioned hospitals and has not been discharged from postnatal ward
• Newly arrived migrant (< 10 years in Australia) or self-identified refugee (< 10 years in Australia), from a non-English speaking background; and
• Provide a signed and dated informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

•Do not comprehend the recruitment invitation (determined by limited capacity to communicate proficiently in English with the Project officer and/or potential participant declines the offer of an interpreter in their home language).
•Already enrolled and assigned a research participant ID.
•Have no mechanism for contact (telephone or email).
•Already an active client in a targeted support services (e.g. Sustained Nurse Home Visiting/Perinatal case conferencing)
•Less than 16 years of age at enrollment.
•Migrant > 10 years in Australia or who does not identify as a refugee, or migrant < 10 years in Australia from an English speaking background.
•Not residing in geographical area of study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attendance at child & family health services for checks. Proportion of mothers, children and families who attend child & family health services at FDCC Hub for checks assessed from patient medical records. [1-4 weeks postpartum; 6-8 weeks postpartum, 6 months postpartum and 12 months postpartum.];Completion of age appropriate health checks. Proportion of mothers, children and families who are up to date with age appropriate health checks, either via child & family health services or GP assessed from patient medical records. [ 1-4 weeks postpartum; 6-8 weeks postpartum, 6 months postpartum and 12 months postpartum.]