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. 2021 Jul 21;2021(7):CD009326. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009326.pub4

NCT04257552.

Study name  
Methods A randomised trial
Setting: Magee Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Participants Postpartum women
Target sample: 273 participants
Inclusion criteria:
  • Insured by a PA Medicaid insurance

  • Pregnancy care in the Magee Womens Hospital Outpatient Clinic


Exclusion criteria:
  • Delivery less than 24 weeks

  • Fetal or neonatal demise

  • Women who had a postpartum tubal ligation

  • Women less than 18 year of age

Interventions Intervention 1: Attention Control Participants will receive texts related to infant care to mirror the attention participants receive in the Healthy Beyond Pregnancy intervention.
Intervention 2: Pre‐Scheduled Postpartum Visit Participants will have their postpartum visit scheduled while they are still in the hospital after delivery.
Intervention 3: Behavioral Healthy Beyond Pregnancy Web‐based application grounded in tenants of behavioral economics.
Outcomes Effective contraception (non‐barrier method), rates of breast feeding, diabetes screening includes either 2 hour GTT OR fasting blood sugar and Hgba1c, Follow up includes documented resolution or treatment of persistent hypertension
Starting date Study start date: February 3, 2020
Contact information Principal Investigator: Katherine Himes, mailto:himekp%40upmc.edu?subject=NCT04257552, STUDY19040312, Care After Pregnancy Study (CAPS): Engaging Women in Postpartum Care
Notes Ongoing
Estimate Completion date: December 2021