Kirby L Wycoff, Jabina G Coleman, Christine M Santoro, Leah L Zullig, Niesha Darden, Porsche M Holland, Jane F Cruice, Shukriyyah Mitchell, Michelle Smith, Saleemah J McNeil, Sharon J Herring
OBJECTIVE: To explore how patients, community-based perinatal support professionals, and health system clinicians and staff perceived facilitators and barriers to implementation of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) designed to optimize Black maternal heart health. METHODS: This article describes the formative work that we believed needed to occur before the start of the Change of H.E.A.R.T (Here for Equity, Advocacy, Reflection and Transformation) RCT. We used a qualitative, descriptive design and community-based, participatory approach, the latter of which allowed our team to intentionally focus on avoiding harm and equalizing power dynamics throughout the research process...
October 1, 2023: Obstetrics and Gynecology