Improving Maternal and Child Health via Fatty Acids
Study Description
“Improving Maternal and Child Health Through Prenatal Fatty Acid Supplementation”
The purpose of the study is to test whether nutritional supplementation during pregnancy is associated with 1) improved maternal health during pregnancy; 2) improved infant birth and neurodevelopmental outcomes, and 3) whether the association between nutritional supplementation during pregnancy and infant outcomes is partially mediated by reductions in maternal perceived stress and stress reactivity during pregnancy.
Location
Methods
No pharmaceutical medication involved
Patients and healthy individuals accepted
Dietary Supplement - DHA
2 dietary supplement gel capsules providing 450 mg of DHA twice daily by oral intake for 24 weeks
Dietary Supplement - Sugar pill
2 dietary supplement gel capsules providing 450 mg of soybean oil twice daily by oral intake for 24 weeks
Additional Information
Official Study Title
Improving Maternal and Child Health Through Prenatal Fatty Acid Supplementation: A Randomized Controlled Study in African American Women Living in Low-income Urban Environments
Clinical Trial ID
NCT02647723
ParticipAid ID
Pdy7Ra
