Effect of an Intensive Nurse Home Visiting Program on Postpartum Contraceptive Use and Birth Spacing: A Randomized Controlled Trial

To evaluate the effect of an intensive nurse home visiting program on postpartum contraceptive use and birth spacing among individuals with a first pregnancy who were eligible for Medicaid insurance in South Carolina. We conducted a nonblinded, randomized controlled trial of the Nurse-Family Partner...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Obstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953) Vol. 145; no. 1; p. 3
Main Authors: Steenland, Maria W, Oviedo, Dea, Bates, Mary Ann, Zhou, Annetta, Zera, Chloe, Baicker, Katherine, McConnell, Margaret A
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.01.2025
Subjects:
Adult
Birth Intervals
Contraception
Contraception Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Family Planning Services
Female
House Calls - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Medicaid
Postnatal Care
Postpartum Period
Pregnancy
South Carolina
United States
Young Adult
United States
South Carolina
ISSN:1873-233X, 1873-233X
Online Access:Get more information
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:To evaluate the effect of an intensive nurse home visiting program on postpartum contraceptive use and birth spacing among individuals with a first pregnancy who were eligible for Medicaid insurance in South Carolina. We conducted a nonblinded, randomized controlled trial of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), an established intensive home visiting program that provides prenatal and postpartum home visits through 2 years after childbirth. The trial included patients who were eligible for Medicaid insurance with a first pregnancy at less than 28 weeks of gestation between April 1, 2016, and March 17, 2020, who were followed up through 2 years after childbirth. Participants were randomized 2:1 to NFP compared with standard of care treatment. The primary outcome was a birth interval of less than 21 months between the index pregnancy and a subsequent birth. The secondary outcomes were birth intervals of less than 15 and 24 months, receipt of a contraceptive implant or intrauterine device (IUD) immediately postpartum, any contraceptive use and receipt of a family planning visit (at both 6 weeks and 1 year postpartum), and IUD receipt at 1 year postpartum. We assessed outcomes using linked birth certificate records and Medicaid claims data. A total of 4,932 trial participants (3,295 in the intervention group and 1,637 in the control group) were included in the study analysis. Within 21 months of the study index birth, 11.0% of individuals in the NFP group and 12.2% of the usual care group had a subsequent birth. The NFP did not have a statistically significant effect on birth intervals of less than 21 months (adjusted coefficient -1.1, 95% CI, -2.9 to 0.8). There were no statistically significant differences between the NFP and control groups for any of the study's eight secondary outcomes related to birth spacing and postpartum contraceptive use. Home visits with a registered nurse did not affect postpartum contraceptive use or birth spacing. ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03360539.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ObjectType-Undefined-3
ISSN:1873-233X
1873-233X
DOI:10.1097/AOG.0000000000005786