The Healthy Pregnancies Project: Study protocol and baseline characteristics for a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a community intervention to reduce tobacco use among Alaska Native pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tobacco use prevalence is high among pregnant Alaska Native (AN) women but few interventions have been evaluated for this group. The Healthy Pregnancies Project aims to evaluate a multicomponent intervention for reducing tobacco use during pregnancy and the postpartum period among AN women. This report describes the study protocol and participant baseline characteristics.

Design

Cluster-randomized controlled trial with village as the unit of assignment. Sixteen villages in rural southwest Alaska were stratified on village size and randomized to a multicomponent intervention (n = 8 villages) or usual care (n = 8 villages).

Methods

Pregnant AN women from the study villages were enrolled. All participants receive the usual care provided to pregnant women in th

SUBMITTER: Patten CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407629 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature