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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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