Clinical Trial

Evaluating Care Integration Between Pediatric Primary Care Providers and WIC Nutritionists

Study acronym: WEE Baby
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Summary
This study looks at whether using secure digital systems to share information between pediatric health care providers (during regular well-child visits) and social care providers (during regular visits with WIC nutritionists) can help mothers receive consistent guidance on responsive parenting to support healthy child growth and development. Responsive parenting means learning how to respond to a baby's needs in ways that support healthy eating, sleep, activity, and emotion regulation habits. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. Does using secure digital systems to share information between pediatric health care providers and social care providers help mothers receive consistent guidance on responsive parenting to support healthy growth from birth to 24 months? 2. Does using secure digital systems to share information between pediatric health care providers and social care providers help mothers receive consistent guidance on responsive parenting, improve responsive parenting practices and child diet quality? The investigators will compare the group that receives secure digital systems for sharing information on responsive parenting to a group that receives standard care (does not receive this) to see if secure digital systems for sharing information on responsive parenting work to support healthy child growth and development. The goal is to see if this approach can improve early health behaviors and reduce health disparities for families in rural, low-income communities.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07494097
Lead Sponsor Penn State University
Collaborators: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Conditions Weight Gain Trajectory, BMI, Responsive Parenting, Diet Quality, Implementation
Enrollment 380 participants
Start Date 2026-08
Primary Completion 2029-12 (estimated)
Study Completion 2029-12 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-03-27