Midwest Birth Outcomes and Indigenous American Pregnancy
Sanford Health · with National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) · NCT06008561
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Key facts
- Compensation
- Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
- Who can join
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Study type
- Observational
- Target enrollment
- 80
- US sites recruiting
- 2
- Study start
- October 31, 2023
- Record last updated
- March 20, 2026
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What the study is about
Indigenous American pregnancies in the Midwest have disproportionally high rates of adverse outcomes, however little research has been done on how historical trauma and stress may impact these adverse outcomes. This project gathers data from pregnant Indigenous American women on their experiences with historical trauma, stress, and birth outcomes, as well as physiological data of how they respond to stress, in order to better understand the associations between these factors and the biological mechanisms underlying them. Understanding the mechanisms by which both historical and proximal stress "get under the skin" and influence pregnancy health and perinatal outcomes, will afford new targets of intervention to help reduce these IA health disparities.
Conditions: Pregnancy
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
- At least 18 years old
- Less than 26 weeks
- Healthy single baby pregnancy
- Indigenous American
Exclusion Criteria
- Assistive reproductive technology (in-vitro fertilization)
- Have a history of cardiac and endocrine disease
Recruiting US locations
Sanford Health
Fargo, ND 58104
Site contact: Grace Biermann, MPH · 605-312-6457 · grace.biermann@sanfordhealth.org
Sanford Health
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Site contact: Grace Biermann, MPH · 605-312-6457 · grace.biermann@sanfordhealth.org
Study contacts (from the official record)
- Grace Biermann, MPH · 6053126457 · strahmlab@sanfordhealth.org