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Mothers' Action Project for Child Health

Who can join

12 Months – 45 Years · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

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

About the study

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.

What is being tested

• health education and social network building (behavioral)
• dental referral and educational materials (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Participants: 460 · Started: Feb 1, 2026

Contact the study team

• Alison Karasz, PhD · Phone: 347-843-5652
• Christine Fountain · Phone: 803-315-1780

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06753669

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Tooth Decay
• Obesity in Children

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.