THIS-WIC Vermont Breastfeeding Education Application Feasibility Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 116
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Satisfaction with the telehealth solution
研究概览
简要总结
With funding through USDA and Tufts University's Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) project, the Vermont WIC department will be conducting a feasibility study of a mobile telehealth solution for breastfeeding education. The purpose of this study is to evaluate this telehealth solution. The research/evaluation involves completing online surveys and interviews. The evaluation will focus on participant satisfaction, usage of the telehealth solution, and use of information collected on WIC participant through the WIC management information system (MIS) and the telehealth platform. It is hypothesized that the telehealth solution will increase WIC participant's satisfaction with breastfeeding education.
详细描述
Telehealth can reduce barriers and increase access to care, and it can be applied to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). WIC is a federal nutrition assistance program that helps low-income women with children up to age 5. There is a large volume of research that supports remote patient monitoring, and the most benefits are found when telehealth is used for communication and counseling. The USDA awarded Tufts University a grant to test and evaluate the use of telehealth innovations in the delivery of USDA's WIC program. Tufts University then offered the USDA/Tufts Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) grant opportunity to WIC state agencies across the US. THIS-WIC selected 7 WIC State Agencies to receive grants, and the Vermont state agency is one recipient. The THIS-WIC team at Tufts University is leading the evaluation of these telehealth solutions in collaboration with funded WIC State Agencies.
THIS-WIC aims to generate evidence from Vermont's telehealth solution to inform how the telehealth platform supports WIC services . Evaluation findings will inform stakeholders about the platform's benefits and how viable it is to sustain and adapt more widely.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this telehealth solution by having clients complete surveys and interviews on their comfortability using telehealth and their satisfaction with the telehealth solution. Additionally, information about usage will be collected from the telehealth platform, and secondary demographic and other nutrition-related information about study participants is already collected in the MIS and will be utilized.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Speaks and reads English (as the telehealth solution is available in English)
- •Pregnant or postpartum
- •Has access to a smart phone or smart device (e.g. iPad or tablet)
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Satisfaction with the telehealth solution
时间窗: During the study period, approximately 12 months
WIC clients satisfaction with breastfeeding education offered via the telehealth solution. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.
次要结局
- Intent to breastfeed(During the study period, approximately 12 months)
- Breastfeeding duration(During the study period, approximately 12 months)
- Frequency of use of the telehealth solution(During the study period, approximately 12 months)
- Barriers encountered in use of the telehealth solution and breastfeeding(During the study period, approximately 12 months)
- Attitudes to breastfeeding(During the study period, approximately 12 months)
研究者
Erin Hennessy
Assistant Professor, Division of Nutrition Interventions, Communication and Behavior Change Director ad interim, ChildObesity180 Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University