NCT06521398NARecruiting

Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) Transitions

University of Pennsylvania

Start Date

9/11/2024

Completion Date

8/1/2027

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial of a dyad-centered, doula support and healthcare coordination model of care in a large urban neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which serves a high-risk, low-income, majority Black population. In addition to doula support and coordination of care in the NICU, there will be a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) NICU.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 16 years to No maximum

Inclusion Criteria: * HUP postpartum patients who are at least 16 years old at the time their newborns' birth * Infant born at HUP * Preterm birth \<34 weeks * English language speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read or sign informed consent * Parents of infants transferred into HUP NICU * If the medical team believes that the infant may not live or be transferred to another hospital in upcoming weeks * HUP postpartum patients who are less than 16 years of age at the time of their newborns' birth

Interventions

OTHER

Doula Support

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Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticPremature BirthPostpartum DepressionPostpartum Anxiety

Locations

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

United States