Home-Based Ontervention for Non-Hispanic Black Families Finds no Significant Difference in Infant Size or Growth: Results from the Mothers & Others Randomized Controlled Trial

Citation

Wasser, Heather M.; Thompson, Amanda L.; Goldman, Barbara D.; Hodges, Eric A.; Heinig, Meredith J.; & Bentley, Margaret E. (2020). Home-Based Ontervention for Non-Hispanic Black Families Finds no Significant Difference in Infant Size or Growth: Results from the Mothers & Others Randomized Controlled Trial. BMC Pediatrics, 20(1), 385. PMCID: PMC7433206

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Non-Hispanic black (NHB) infants are twice as likely as non-Hispanic white infants to experience rapid weight gain in the first 6 months, yet few trials have targeted this population. The current study tests the efficacy of "Mothers & Others," a home-based intervention for NHB women and their study partners versus an attention-control, on infant size and growth between birth and 15 months.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02273-9

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

BMC Pediatrics

Author(s)

Wasser, Heather M.
Thompson, Amanda L.
Goldman, Barbara D.
Hodges, Eric A.
Heinig, Meredith J.
Bentley, Margaret E.

Year Published

2020

Volume Number

20

Issue Number

1

Pages

385

PMCID

PMC7433206

Reference ID

13077