Social Media, Teen Moms and PPD
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Official title
Social Media, Teen Moms, and Postpartum Depression
Brief summary
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Approximately 400,000 live births occur to adolescents in the United States annually. Of the 50% of adolescent mothers who experience depressive symptoms, less than 25% comply with referrals for depression evaluation and treatment due to lack of knowledge of depression symptoms (literacy), negative attitude towards mental health treatment, perception that individuals with depression are stigmatized (subjective norms), lack of understanding of health resources that are available to her and under her control (perceived control), and lack of time. Social media is a promising vehicle to reach and educate adolescent mothers since most adolescent mothers use social media for communication and to search for health information. Based upon the Theory of Planned Behavior, the investigators will target 11 counties in Kentucky with a social media ad campaign that will result in adolescent mothers (n=140) from those counties enrolling in an internet based intervention related to postpartum depression. The previously tested intervention includes vignettes from other adolescent mothers, questions and answers, resources, and an option to enroll in text message service. Before the intervention, after the intervention, and two weeks later the adolescent mothers will complete established questionnaires to determine if the intervention improved attitude and subjective norms towards depression and depression treatment, perceived control and intention related to seeking depression treatment, and the number of adolescent mothers with symptoms of depression who receive depression treatment. Data will be compared to scores on the same instruments from adolescent mothers (n=140) from the control group (18 other counties in Kentucky) that have not been targeted with the social media ad campaign or participated in the intervention. Data from the adolescent mothers in the control group will be collected in partnership with community agencies. The overall purpose of this trial is to test a cost effective and feasible method for reducing the cognitive and emotional barriers to accessing depression treatment in adolescent mothers. The specific aims are to (1) measure the extent to which a social media ad campaign is effective as a recruitment strategy; (2) test the effectiveness of an internet based social marketing intervention on both intention to seek treatment and rates of depression treatment, and (3) examine the dose effect of the intervention.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01967394
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 287 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 13 Years to 21 Years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- May 31, 2013
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2015
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2015
- Last update posted
- Dec 28, 2015
2013 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 8
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 8
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | Carrollton | Kentucky | 41008 | — |
| Hands Program of Kenton County (Young Families of Children, Inc) | Covington | Kentucky | 41011 | — |
| Lincoln Trail Health Department | Elizabethtown | Kentucky | 42701 | — |
| St. Joseph Hospital | Lexington | Kentucky | — | — |
| University of Louisville Hospital | Louisville | Kentucky | — | — |
| Hands Program of Boone and Campbell Counties (Every Child Succeeds) | Newport | Kentucky | 41072-0325 | — |
| Three Rivers Health Department | Owensboro | Kentucky | 42303 | — |
| Lake Cumberland Health Department | Somerset | Kentucky | 42501 | — |
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