Strategies for Implementing a Postpartum Lifestyle Intervention in WIC Clinics
Strategies for Implementing a Postpartum Lifestyle Intervention in WIC Clinics: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · Women · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria for Clinics: * Serve a large number of WIC postpartum participants * Willing and able to provide space for the study Inclusion Criteria for Participants: * Age 18 or older * Gave birth in the past 6 weeks to 12 months * Obesity or history of gestational diabetes mellitus (Current BMI ≥30 kg/m², OR Medical-record documented history of gestational diabetes mellitus and BMI ≥25 kg/m²) * No self-reported diabetes (other than gestational diabetes) * Hemoglobin A1c \<6.5% * Not currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months * No plans to move outside of the study region in the next 12 months * Access to a smartphone * Willing and able to participate in the intervention and provide consent * Not an immediate family member of the staff at the WIC clinic * Other concerns regarding ability to meet trial requirements, at the discretion of the principal investigator or study coordinator
About the study
The primary objective of the STRIVE study is to compare two implementation strategies for Diabetes Prevention Program delivery: an in-person health coach strategy (standard 24 in-person sessions at WIC clinics) vs. a multifaceted technology-assisted health coach implementation strategy (12 in-person sessions at WIC clinics supplemented by technology support) on implementation and health-related outcomes in postpartum women.
What is being tested
- In-person health coach delivery of the GLB (behavioral)
- Technology-assisted health coach delivery of the GLB (behavioral)
Sponsor: Tulane University · Participants: 722 · Started: Dec 12, 2023
Contact the study team
- Tara Dobson, BA · Phone: 504.988.9922
- Kirsten Dorans, ScD · Phone: 504.988.0883
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06116149
Locations in the U.S.
| Louisiana | Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.