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The Goal is to Examine the Impact of Doula-delivered, Nurse-coordinated Postpartum Care Among Individuals With Preterm Births <34 Weeks' Gestation Requiring NICU Admission.
Nurturing, Empowering, Supporting Together (NEST): a Project to Improve Postpartum Birth Outcomes in the NICU.
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · Women
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Age above 18 at time of delivery of infant * English-speaking * Medicaid insurance coverage at the time of delivery, either as primary or secondary coverage * Delivery before 34 weeks' gestation * Infant admitted to the NICU, 10 days old or less Exclusion Criteria: * Stillbirth * Infant death in the delivery room * Infant with severe congenital anomalies expected to result in death shortly after birth * Inability to provide informed consent * Inability to visit the infant in the NICU at least once per week * More than 10 days postpartum
About the study
The primary objective of this research is to conduct a randomized clinical trial to examine the impact of nurse-coordinated, doula-delivered postpartum support (intervention arm) on postpartum health care utilization, health outcomes, and patient-reported experiences compared with standard postpartum care (control arm) among individuals with preterm births \<34 weeks' gestation requiring neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission.
What is being tested
- Doula-delivered, Nurse-coordinated postpartum support (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of South Carolina · Participants: 350 · Started: Oct 21, 2026
Contact the study team
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07787845
Locations in the U.S.
| South Carolina | Prisma Health Richland, Columbia |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Nov 15, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.