Building Healthy Teen Relationships and Reproductive Practices to Increase Interpartum Intervals

Brief Project Description

Lead Investigator: Siva Subramanian, MD (Georgetown University); Susan Blake, PhD (George Washington University)

The primary goal of the Building Healthy Teen Relationships and Reproductive Practices to Increase Interpartum Intervals project is to conduct a randomized, behavioral intervention trial with pregnant African American and Hispanic adolescents to prevent repeat teen pregnancy. The intervention includes cell-based, individual telephone counseling sessions, as well as family and group support components. Role: Co- Principal Investigator

Project site: District of Columbia

Collaborating Organizations: Georgetown University Hospital, George Washington University Medical Center, Children's National Medical Center, Research Triangle Institute, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).