NCT07494097Not yet recruiting
Evaluating Care Integration Between Pediatric Primary Care Providers and WIC Nutritionists
Evaluating Care Integration Between Pediatric Primary Care Providers and WIC Nutritionists for Early Obesity Prevention Among WIC Mothers and Children
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study looks at whether using secure digital systems to share information between pediatric health care providers (during regular well-child visits) and social care providers (during regular visits with WIC nutritionists) can help mothers receive consistent guidance on responsive parenting to support healthy child growth and development. Responsive parenting means learning how to respond to a baby's needs in ways that support healthy eating, sleep, activity, and emotion regulation habits. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. Does using secure digital systems to share information between pediatric health care providers and social care providers help mothers receive consistent guidance on responsive parenting to support healthy growth from birth to 24 months? 2. Does using secure digital systems to share information between pediatric health care providers and social care providers help mothers receive consistent guidance on responsive parenting, improve responsive parenting practices and child diet quality? The investigators will compare the group that receives secure digital systems for sharing information on responsive parenting to a group that receives standard care (does not receive this) to see if secure digital systems for sharing information on responsive parenting work to support healthy child growth and development. The goal is to see if this approach can improve early health behaviors and reduce health disparities for families in rural, low-income communities.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 380 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 Mar 2026
- Start date
- Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- Jun 2030
- Lead sponsor
- Penn State University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT07494097
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 380
- From Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, Jun 2030
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Child has a genetic or developmental disorder (e.g., cleft palate) that impacts weight or feeding
- Child has a terminal condition
Other
- Mother is not interested (or willing) to enroll in WIC
Who the study is looking for
- People who are a) pregnant and \>34 weeks' gestation or b) who have an infant \<2 months old
- 18-40 years old
- English and/or Spanish speaking and reading
- Access to a smartphone or internet-connected device
- Not planning to move out of Pennsylvania within 2 years
- Not planning to change health care providers outside of Geisinger within 2 years
- Custody of and lives with (or will live with) the child enrolled in the study
- Child must have a Geisinger PCP and be a WIC participant or eligible for WIC at enrollment
Age in the registry: 18 years to 40 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pennsylvania State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | University Park | United States | Unknown status |
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