Accountability for Care Through Undoing Racism & Equity for Moms
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · with Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, UNC Health Foundation · NCT05484804
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Key facts
- Compensation
- Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
- Who can join
- Ages 12–99 · Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Study type
- Interventional · Not applicable
- Target enrollment
- 60000
- US sites recruiting
- 1
- Study start
- June 5, 2023
- Record last updated
- April 17, 2026
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What the study is about
This project-also known as "Accountability for Care through Undoing Racism \& Equity for Moms" or ACURE4Moms-aims to reduce Black-White maternal health disparities using multi-level interventions designed to decrease bias in prenatal care, improve care coordination, and increase social support. ACURE4Moms is a pragmatic 4-arm cluster randomized controlled trial conducted with 39 prenatal practices across North Carolina. Practices have been randomly assigned to receive either: Arm 1 (Standard Care): North Carolina Medicaid Care management for high-risk pregnancies; Arm 2 (Data Accountability and Transparency): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Practice-level Data Accountability interventions; Arm 3 (Community-Based Doula Support): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Community-Based Doula support intervention for high-risk patients during pregnancy and postpartum; or Arm 4 (Data Accountability and Transparency + Community-Based Doula Support): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Both Arms 2 and 3 interventions. During each practice's 2-year intervention period, the practice will initiate prenatal care for \~750-1,500 patients (up to 60,000 patients total), whose outcomes the investigators will follow and compare between arms until all these patients have reached 1-year post-delivery.
Being studied: Data Accountability and Transparency; Community-Based Doula (CBD) Support
Conditions: Pregnancy Related; Maternal Health; Maternal Mortality; Low Birthweight; Racism; Implicit Bias
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Practices
- Have at least 180 Black patient deliver over 2 years
- Be willing to be randomized
- Be willing to adhere to the study protocol
Patient survey participants
- Start prenatal care at one of the study clinics during study implementation
- Self-identify as Black or African American
- Able to give consent and complete surveys and interviews in English
Practice staff member participants
- Employed as either a provider, nurse/medical assistant, or office administrator at one of the clinics in this study
Doula participants
- Provide doula care to patients at one the clinics in this study
Exclusion Criteria
Practices
- Already integrated with Community-Based Doulas
- Already have an Early Warning System or Disparities Dashboard
Recruiting US locations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Site contact: Jennfier H Tang, MD, MSCR · 919-962-4880 · jennifer_tang@med.unc.edu
Study contacts (from the official record)
- Jennifer H Tang, MD, MSCR · 919-962-4880 · jennifer_tang@med.unc.edu
- Rabab S Husain, MA · 919-962-4880 · rabab_husain@med.unc.edu
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