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| 5R01MD016037-03 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source | |
| 3R01MD016037-03S1 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH |
| National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) | NIH |
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Rosie the Chatbot is an educational chatbot that moms can have on their computers or cellphones and will work by moms typing in their questions about pregnancy, health, infant milestones, and other variety of health related topics and receiving back a response immediately. Rosie only provides information from verified sources such as children's hospitals, health organizations and government agencies. Rosie does not ask moms to provide any personal information on her or her child, her chat is completely confidential, it works in English and Spanish and will be free.
This study will examine whether the use of a chatbot to impart health information to minority women during pregnancy and postpartum period improves health care seeking behavior and maternal and infant health outcomes. This study does not involve administration of an investigational intervention and therefore poses minimal risk to participants.
Aim 1: Develop technology for a "chatbot" that will provide health information support to vulnerable mothers the moment they need it.
Aim 2: Evaluate the use of Rosie on maternal and infant outcomes. Aim 3: Release an open-source packet for the construction of a chatbot.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Rosie the Chatbot Group | Experimental | Participants in the Rosie the Chatbot Group will be taking a pre-test health survey, mid-test health survey, and post-test health survey. In addition, they will be expected to actively use the chatbot app by asking questions related to maternal and infant health and selecting "thumbs up or thumbs down" to provide feedback for questions' response and using the features (video library, resources page, frequently asked questions (FAQ), and daily syllabus). |
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| Book Club Group | No Intervention | Participants in the Book Club Group will be taking a pre-test health survey, mid-test health survey, and post-test health survey. In addition, they will receive a monthly children's book, which they are expected to read with baby if parenting or individually if pregnant. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Rosie the Chatbot | Behavioral | Participants in the intervention group will be using the chatbot to ask questions related to the mom and baby's health, provide feedback "selecting thumbs up or thumbs down" on the questions' response, and use the features (video library, resources page, frequently asked questions (FAQ), and daily syllabus). In addition, participants will be taking a pre-test health survey, mid-test health survey, and post-test health survey. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Maternal postpartum depression | The investigators will utilize the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Scale to measure maternal depression. This scale can range from 0 to 27, since each of the 9 items can be scored from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). Higher scores indicate worse depression severity. | 12 months post randomization |
| Number of emergency room visits | The investigators will measure the number of visits to the emergency room. | 12 months post randomization |
| Attendance of well-baby visits (preventive healthcare visits) | The investigators will measure the number of well-baby visits. | 12 months post randomization |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Female at birth
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Quynh C Nguyen, PhD | University of Maryland | Principal Investigator |
| Elizabeth M Aparicio, PhD, LCSW-C | University of Maryland | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Maryland | College Park | Maryland | 20742 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 37478093 | Background | Mane HY, Channell Doig A, Marin Gutierrez FX, Jasczynski M, Yue X, Srikanth NP, Mane S, Sun A, Moats RA, Patel P, He X, Boyd-Graber JL, Aparicio EM, Nguyen QC. Practical Guidance for the Development of Rosie, a Health Education Question-and-Answer Chatbot for New Mothers. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2023 Sep-Oct 01;29(5):663-670. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001781. | |
| 41607314 | Derived | Peters CJ, Aldana Lainez V, Clark K, Jasczynski M, Nguyen QC, Norell EM. Using an AI-powered Mobile Application Chatbot to Address Maternal Depression Indicators and Inquiries in the Perinatal and Postpartum Periods: A Multimethod Analysis. Inquiry. 2026 Jan-Dec;63:469580261417580. doi: 10.1177/00469580261417580. Epub 2026 Jan 29. |
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| Rosie aims to help close the racial gap in maternal and infant health disparities by providing new mothers with easy access to reliable health information. | View source |
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| ID | Term |
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| D019052 | Depression, Postpartum |
| ID | Term |
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| D011644 | Puerperal Disorders |
| D011248 | Pregnancy Complications |
| D005261 | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
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| 41502532 | Derived | Nguyen QC, Norell EM, Mane H, Yue X, Srikanth NP, Peters CJ, Gutierrez FXM, Kurella E, Dipankar P, Salazar D, Mullaputi PSP, Alibilli A, Santhosh A, He X, Boyd-Graber J, Nguyen TT. Developing an artificial intelligence-powered question-and-answer chatbot with English-Spanish capabilities for new mothers. JAMIA Open. 2026 Jan 6;9(1):ooaf169. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooaf169. eCollection 2026 Feb. |
| 38214963 | Derived | Nguyen QC, Aparicio EM, Jasczynski M, Channell Doig A, Yue X, Mane H, Srikanth N, Gutierrez FXM, Delcid N, He X, Boyd-Graber J. Rosie, a Health Education Question-and-Answer Chatbot for New Mothers: Randomized Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Jan 12;8:e51361. doi: 10.2196/51361. |
| D003866 | Depressive Disorder |
| D019964 | Mood Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |