HEALTH-P2
HEALTH-P2 (Healthy, Eating, Active Living, Taught at Home during Pregnancy and Postpartum) uses a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the Dissemination and Implementation of Life-Moms across multiple levels through a partnership with Parents as Teachers.
Project Staff
Principal Investigators: Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD; Rachel Tabak, PhD
Co-investigators: Ebony Carter, MD, MPH; Sam Klein, MD; Kenneth Schechtman, PhD
Research Team: Adriana Aramburu, MPH; Ronni Byrth, BS; Abygail Martinez, BS; Cindy Schwarz, MPH, MS, RD; Vianca Cuevas Soulette, MPH; Karen Steger-May, MA; Jinli Wang, MS
External Collaborators: Allison Kemner, MPH; Kerry Caverly, Donna Hunt-O’Brien
Graduate Research Assistants: Alejandra Munoz-Rivera, Angeles Ochoa-Raya, Maryse Rios-Hernandez, Laurel Schmidt
Project Partners
Parents as Teachers; Wichita Falls ISD; FamCare; Champions for Children; Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc./Parenting Arizona; Operation Threshold; Children’s Home & Aid Society of IL/Children’s Foundation-Early Start; Abilities Plus; Child and Family Resources, Inc.; Operational Threshold; MET Inc.; Morrison Child and Family Services; Step Up Suncoast; Porter-Leath; West Plains R-VII School District; Olathe Public Schools; South Central Iowa Community Action Program; South Central Public Health District; Hilltop Family Resource Center; Show Me Strong Families; Kirkwood School District; Newaygo County RESA; Ferguson-Florissant School District; Wyoming Parents as Teachers; Beginnings, Inc.; People Inc.
Project Dates: 2019-2025
Funding Source
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Publications
Tabak, R.G., Schwarz, C.D., Carter, E., Haire-Joshu, D. Context for implementing a gestational weight gain program nationally. 2018. Health Behavior Policy Review. 5(5):77-89
Presentations
Cuevas-Soulette, V., Byrth, R. Perspectives of Mothers in a Study on Health. Parents as Teachers International Conference, Denver, CO, United States (September, 2022)
Schwarz, C D., Tabak, R. Perspectives of Parent Educators Participating in a Research Study Focused on Healthy Eating and Activity. Parents as Teachers International Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States. (October, 2021)
Mazzuca, S., Tabak, R. Partnering to support family health goals. Parents as Teachers International Virtual Conference (October, 2020)
Tabak, R., Schwarz, C.D., Haire-Joshu, D. Research partnership promoting healthy eating and activity. Parents as Teachers International Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States. (October, 2019)