Tests a child health program for Bangladeshi mothers and young children
Tests health and dental education for mothers of young children in Bangladesh.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Mothers' Action Project for Child Health
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 460 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Feb 2026
- Expected to end
- 30 Mar 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- health education and social network building
- dental referral and educational materials
- Record updated
- 14 April 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for Bangladeshi mothers who were born in a South Asian country, and their young child. It tests a 12 month program of child health and oral health education and building social networks among mothers.
- Age
- Mother: 18 or older. Child: 12 to 48 months old.
- Sex
- All
Main reasons for not taking part
- Mother cannot give informed consent
- Mother plans to travel for more than 1 month during the 12 month study period, or has other barriers to attending
- Mother has an intellectual, cognitive or medical condition that rules her out
- Child weighed less than 5lbs (2 kg) at birth
- Child is not the youngest eligible child in the family
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Mother:; Age >=18; Speaks and reads/writes Bengali or Hindi/Urdu; Mother born in a South Asian country; Mother is primary caretaker of child
- Child:; Aged >=12 and <=48 months; Has Medicaid or CHIP (NYS health plan for low income families not qualifying for Medicaid)
Who cannot take part
- Mother:; Unable to provide informed consent,; Lack of availability--either plans to travel for > 1 month during 12 month initial study period or other barriers to attendance; Mother has exclusionary health condition--either intellectual/cognitive or medical
- Child:; Weighed < 5lbs at birth,; Has an exclusionary health condition and/or is taking long term (>1 m) antibiotics; Not the youngest eligible child in family
Where in United States
- UMass Chan Medical School - Remote field officeNew York, United StatesContact: Alison KaraszTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This randomized controlled trial will recruit Bangladeshi mothers and their young children into a 12 month intervention that provides child health and oral health education and seeks to build social networks among mothers.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Intervention armTreatment being tested
Referrals to vetted dentists, educational materials on child feeding and oral health, in person health education sessions and social network building
Treatment: health education and social network building
- Control ArmPlacebo, for comparison
The control arm will receive referrals to vetted dentists and educational materials on child feeding and oral health.
Treatment: dental referral and educational materials
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Mothers' Action Project for Child Health
- Plain-language title
- Tests a child health program for Bangladeshi mothers and young childrenGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 14 April 2026