Age-17 Follow-up of Home Visiting Intervention (MemphisY17)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00708695 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: July 2, 2008
Last Update Posted
: March 3, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Antisocial Behavior Psychopathology Substance Use HIV Infections | Behavioral: Nurse Home Visitation |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 1138 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Retrospective |
Official Title: | Age-17 Follow-up of Home Visiting Intervention |
Study Start Date : | May 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2015 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Free Transportation
The 166 families in this treatment condition received free round-trip taxicab transportation for scheduled prenatal care appointments. This group did not receive any postpartum services or assessments.
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Free Transportation, Screening/Referral Service
The 514 families in this group received: 1) free transportation for scheduled prenatal care; and 2) developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life.
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Behavioral: Nurse Home Visitation
Visits from nurses from mid-pregnancy to child age 2 years.
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Free Transportation, home-visit, postpartum visit
The 230 families in this treatment condition received: 1) free transportation for scheduled prenatal care; and 2) intensive nurse home-visitation services during pregnancy and one postpartum visit in the hospital before discharge and one postpartum visit in the home. This group did not receive any postpartum services or assessments.
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Free Transportation, home-visit, Screening/Referral Service
The 228 families in this condition received: 1) free transportation for scheduled prenatal care; 2) intensive nurse home-visitation services during pregnancy and through the child's second birthday; and 3) developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life.
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Behavioral: Nurse Home Visitation
Visits from nurses from mid-pregnancy to child age 2 years.
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- Improvement of maternal life-course (fewer short inter-birth intervals, less use of welfare, more stable partner relations), especially for mothers with higher psychological resources. [ Time Frame: when first child is 17 ]
- Improvement of the health and development of firstborn children who will exhibit better functioning, better mental health, and better behavior. [ Time Frame: at child age 17 ]
- Reduction of children's risk for HIV infection, including a) use of substances and SUDs; b) risky sexual behaviors; c) sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and d) pregnancies. [ Time Frame: at child age 17 ]
- Program effects on children will be more pronounced for a) males, b) those born to low-resource mothers, and c) those living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods at registration. [ Time Frame: at child age 17 ]
- Reduction of maternal substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression, effects that will be more pronounced for a) mothers with low psychological resources, and b) those living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods at registration. [ Time Frame: when first child is 17 ]
- Program effects on mothers and children, in preliminary analyses, will be more pronounced for those with genetic vulnerabilities. [ Time Frame: when first child is 17 ]
- Program effects on adolescent functioning will be explained by its improvement in prenatal health, early care of the child, maternal life-course, and earlier child academic and behavioral functioning. [ Time Frame: at child age 17 ]
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 17 Years to 65 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women who were enrolled in the New Mothers Study and their children as described in Study Population Description.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who were not enrolled in the New Mothers Study and their children as described in the Study Population Description.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00708695
United States, Tennessee | |
Memphis Study Office | |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38111 |
Principal Investigator: | David L Olds, PhD | University of Colorado, Denver |
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Responsible Party: | University of Colorado, Denver |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00708695 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
08-0616 R01DA021624 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | July 2, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 3, 2016 |
Last Verified: | March 2016 |
Keywords provided by University of Colorado, Denver:
nurse home visits pregnancy welfare |
child development Child Rearing Reproductive Behavior Risk Reduction Behavior |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases |