Accountability for Care Through Undoing Racism & Equity for Moms

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age12-99
SponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

About this trial

This project-also known as "Accountability for Care through Undoing Racism \& Equity for Moms" or ACURE4Moms-aims to reduce Black-White maternal health disparities using multi-level interventions designed to decrease bias in prenatal care, improve care coordination, and increase social support. ACURE4Moms is a pragmatic 4-arm cluster randomized controlled trial conducted with 39 prenatal practices across North Carolina. Practices have been randomly assigned to receive either: Arm 1 (Standard Care): North Carolina Medicaid Care management for high-risk pregnancies; Arm 2 (Data Accountability and Transparency): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Practice-level Data Accountability interventions; Arm 3 (Community-Based Doula Support): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Community-Based Doula support intervention for high-risk patients during pregnancy and postpartum; or Arm 4 (Data Accountability and Transparency + Community-Based Doula Support): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Both Arms 2 and 3 interventions. During each practice's 2-year intervention period, the practice will initiate prenatal care for \~750-1,500 patients (up to 60,000 patients total), whose outcomes the investigators will follow and compare between arms until all these patients have reached 1-year post-delivery.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Have at least 180 Black patient deliver over 2 years

Be willing to be randomized

Be willing to adhere to the study protocol

Start prenatal care at one of the study clinics during study implementation

Disqualifiers

Already integrated with Community-Based Doulas

Already have an Early Warning System or Disparities Dashboard

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Data Accountability and Transparency
  • Community-Based Doula (CBD) Support

Treatment groups

60,000 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Lead sponsor

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Collaborator

UNC Health Foundation

Collaborator

The Duke Endowment

Collaborator