A Health Behavior and Lifestyle Intervention Pilot Trial for Childbearing Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: We pilot tested a multiple health behavior change (MHBC) intervention to improve breastfeeding rates, healthy eating/active living, and depression prevention among pregnant and parenting adolescent mothers. We also assessed utility of the MHBC mHealth approach by examining health behavior coaction and intervention acceptability. We used a longitudinal randomized controlled trial to compare the tablet-delivered momHealth to a control condition (usual care). Delivered between 32 weeks of pregnancy and one month postpartum, momHealth included nine multi-media education modules, simultaneous daily educational text messaging, and weekly videoconferences for individual and group support. Main outcomes included "any" and "exclusive" breastfeeding initiation and continuation for 5 weeks and 3 mont

SUBMITTER: Wambach K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836573 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature