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Mississippi Delta Community Care Home Visits Program

Community Care Home Visiting Program to Reduce Maternal Health Inequities

Who can join

Ages 18 to 45 · Women

Inclusion Criteria:

* Identified as high risk pregnancy
* Postpartum mothers/parents 18-45 years
* Resident of the one of 5 target counties (Washington, Bolivar, Scott, Humphreys, and Carroll)

Exclusion Criteria:

* not identified as high risk pregnancy
* 18 years of age postpartum
* cesarean birth
* non-resident of the 5 target counties

About the study

Maternal mortality in the United States is higher than in peer nations and has not decreased since 1990. Beyond mortality, severe maternal mortality impacts far too many women. Not only are these high rates alarming, but notable racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities exist. These inequities are highly regional, with women living in the rural southeast part of the United States, including the Mississippi Delta, having the highest rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. Unfortunately, these disparities have proven to be stubbornly resistant to interventions, necessitating an innovative multifaceted approach focused on community practice, building trust, and prioritizing patient voices. To meet this need, this proposal aims to establish the Mississippi Delta Research Center of Excellence for Maternal Health with the goal of addressing preventable maternal mortality, decreasing severe maternal morbidity, and promoting maternal health equity in partnership with the Mississippi Delta community. This patient-clinical linkages intervention study will evaluate the effectiveness of a multilevel and multisector communication and health literacy strategy to increase trust and engagement in postpartum healthcare among women in the Mississippi Delta, with a specific focus on Black women, their families, and their communities.

These research projects both have the overarching goal of partnering with the community to determine and meet the needs of pregnant and postpartum women in the Mississippi Delta and address the disparities within maternity health and health care outcomes.

What is being tested

• The PEN-3 Intervention Model (behavioral)

Sponsor: Jackson State University · Participants: 500 · Started: Aug 1, 2025

Contact the study team

• Mary Shaw, PhD · Phone: 601-979-3103
• Girmay Berhie, PhD, MSW · Phone: 304-360-5050

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07006324

Locations in the U.S.

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