The STAR-MAMA RCT: Bilingual Mobile Health Coaching for Postpartum Weight Loss.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Gestational diabetes and overweight during pregnancy are associated with future type 2 diabetes. Postpartum weight loss can reduce diabetes risk. However, effective interventions for postpartum weight loss are lacking, in particular for Latina populations, despite their disproportionate burdens of gestational diabetes, overweight, and diabetes.

Study design

This was a community-based RCT.

Setting/participants

Researchers recruited pregnant individuals with gestational diabetes or BMI>25 kg/m² from safety-net health care settings and Women, Infants, and Children offices in Northern California in 2014-2018. Of 180 individuals randomized to intervention (n=89) or control (n=91), 78% identified as Latina, 61% were primarily Spanish speaking, and 76

SUBMITTER: Horwitz MEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11505129 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature