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Mothers' Action Project for Child Health

University of Massachusetts, Worcester · with National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH) · NCT06753669

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 1–45 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
460
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
February 1, 2026
Record last updated
April 14, 2026

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What the study is about

This randomized controlled trial will recruit Bangladeshi mothers and their young children into a 12 month intervention that provides child health and oral health education and seeks to build social networks among mothers.

Being studied: health education and social network building; dental referral and educational materials

Conditions: Dental Caries; Obesity Risk

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Mother:
  • Age >=18;
  • Speaks and reads/writes Bengali or Hindi/Urdu;
  • Mother born in a South Asian country;
  • Mother is primary caretaker of child
  • Child:
  • Aged >=12 and \<=48 months
  • Has Medicaid or CHIP (NYS health plan for low income families not qualifying for Medicaid)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Mother:
  • Unable to provide informed consent,
  • Lack of availability--either plans to travel for > 1 month during 12 month initial study period or other barriers to attendance;
  • Mother has exclusionary health condition--either intellectual/cognitive or medical.
  • Child:
  • Weighed \< 5lbs at birth,
  • Has an exclusionary health condition and/or is taking long term (>1 m) antibiotics;
  • Not the youngest eligible child in family

Recruiting US locations

  • UMass Chan Medical School - Remote field office

    New York, NY 11205

    Site contact: Alison Karasz · 347-843-5652 · alison.karasz@umassmed.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Alison Karasz, PhD · 347-843-5652 · alison.karasz@umassmed.edu
  • Christine Fountain · 803-315-1780 · cfountain1@fordham.edu
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