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Description & Citation--Study No. 6782

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:6782
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06782
 
Title:Memphis New Mothers Study, 1990-1994
 
Principal Investigator(s):David Olds
 
  Harriet Kitzman
 
Funding Agency:Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Center for Nursing Research, WT Grant Foundation, Pew Charitable Trust, Carnegie Corporation, and Smith-Richardson Foundation.
 
Grant Number:RWJF: 17934, NCNR: 1-RO1-NRO1691-01A1, WTGF: 88-1246-88 and 91-1246-88, Pew: 88-02011-000, Carnegie: B5027 and B5492, Smith-Richardson: 1034-9102 and 1298-92-10
 
Bibliographic Citation:Olds, David, and Harriet Kitzman. MEMPHIS NEW MOTHERS STUDY, 1990-1994 [Computer file]. 2nd ICPSR version. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester, Department of Pediatrics and School of Nursing [producer], 1998. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06782
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study was a randomized trial that tested the effectiveness of home visitation by nurses as a means of enhancing the health and well-being of socially disadvantaged women and their first-born children. Low-income, pregnant women bearing first babies were randomly assigned to four treatment groups: (1) subjects that received free transportation to prenatal care, (2) subjects that received transportation to prenatal care and developmental screening for the children, (3) subjects that received transportation to prenatal care and developmental screening, plus prenatal home visits by nurses, and (4) subjects that received transportation to prenatal care, developmental screening, prenatal home visits, and postnatal home visits by nurses. Assessments of the women covered health-related behaviors, mother's care-giving environment, child's health and development, levels of social support, mother's psychological resources, personal life-course development, and costs of health care. Variables measuring health-related behaviors included the use of cigarettes and illegal drugs and the presence of sexually-transmitted diseases. The mother's care-giving environment and the child's health and development were evaluated by the Bavolek adult-adolescent parenting interview score, the Caldwell home observation scale, the Bayley mental development index, the Achenbach child behavioral problems inventory, and other indices. Levels of social support were evaluated by the amount of support expected to be received from a boyfriend or husband and the mother's mother. Assessments of maternal psychological resources included the Pearlin mastery scale, the Shipley IQ score, and the Bandura self-efficacy score. Personal life-course development was assessed by the respondents' educational and occupational achievements, and the numbers of subsequent pregnancies and children. Variables measuring the effect of the program on the cost of health care include number of hospital emergency room visits, number of hospitalizations, total length of stay, number of well-child and ill-child doctor visits, and use of community social services. Other variables provide information on age at birth, pre-pregnancy weight, birth weight and gender, race, employment status, income, housing density, and education.
 
Time Period:June 1, 1990 - April 30, 1994
 
Date(s) of Collection:June 1, 1990 - April 30, 1994
 
Universe:Low-income primiparas who were residents of Memphis, Tennessee, were registered in the study prior to the 29th week of pregnancy, and had no more than one of the following characteristics: (1) high school diploma, (2) married, (3) currently employed.
 
Data Type:clinical data, administrative records data, and survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The SAS transport file was produced with the SAS XPORT engine. (2) This data collection comprises an analysis dataset that represents only a subset of the variables generated by this study. (3) The codebook and data collection instrument are provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
 

Methodology

Sample:Sampling was limited to patients registered for care in the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
 
Data Source:(1) personal interviews, (2) home observations, (3) abstracts from clinic and hospital medical records and child developmental tests, (4) Tennessee Department of Human Services tape files of charges for welfare services, food stamps, and Medicaid, and (5) telephone interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:To preserve respondent confidentiality, certain identifying variables are restricted from general dissemination. Aggregations of this information for statistical purposes that preserve the anonymity of individual respondents can be obtained from ICPSR in accordance with existing servicing policies.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1996-11-21
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 1998-10-05.
 
  1998-10-05 - The data have been augmented with 13 new cases and 45 new variables, on topics such as employment, education, well-child and ill-child doctor visits, pre-pregnancy weight, and baby's gender.
 
  1998-01-12 - Documentation for this study is now available as a PDF format.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Memphis New Mothers Study, 1990-1994
 

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