Can home visits after childbirth save lives in rural mississippi?
NCT ID NCT07006324
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a community-based home visiting program for high-risk postpartum women in five rural Mississippi counties. The program uses the PEN-3 model to build trust and connect mothers with healthcare. Researchers will measure whether the program reduces emergency room visits and severe complications, especially among Black women.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- home visiting program based on the PEN-3 behavioral model
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this program could reduce emergency room visits and severe complications after childbirth for high-risk women in underserved rural areas.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention study, not a drug trial, so results may vary by community. It is also limited to five counties in Mississippi, so findings may not apply elsewhere.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Identified as high risk pregnancy * Postpartum mothers/parents 18-45 years * Resident of the one of 5 target counties (Washington, Bolivar, Scott, Humphreys, and Carroll) Exclusion Criteria: * not identified as high risk pregnancy * 18 years of age postpartum * cesarean birth * non-resident of the 5 target counties
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mississippi State Department of Health
RECRUITINGJackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States
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University of Mississippi Medical Center
RECRUITINGJackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States
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