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PostNAPSThe PostNAPS Study: Food Insecurity As A Major Determinant of Poor Nutritional and Psychosocial Health Outcomes Among HIV-Infected and -Uninfected Lactating Women and Their Infants in Gulu, Northern Uganda.

What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from today forward - Prospective

Who is being recruted

From 18 to 40 Years

+6 Eligibility Criteria

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How is the trial designed

Cohort

Tracking disease incidence in order to identify risk factors and understand disease progression over time.

Observational

Study Start: May 2013

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Summary

Principal SponsorNorthwestern University

Last updated: January 28, 2026

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Study start date: May 1, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

PostNAPs was a continuation of the PreNAPs study. 246 women were enrolled in the postnatal period with the primary scientific objective of determining whether food insecurity was an independent risk factor for poor maternal nutritional or psychosocial outcomes or for sub-optimal infant feeding practices.

Official TitleThe PostNAPS Study: Food Insecurity As A Major Determinant of Poor Nutritional and Psychosocial Health Outcomes Among HIV-Infected and -Uninfected Lactating Women and Their Infants in Gulu, Northern Uganda.

NCT02925429

Principal SponsorNorthwestern University

Last updated: January 28, 2026

Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

Design Details

246 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Cohort

These studies follow a group of individuals with common characteristics (such as a condition or birth year) over a specific period to study health outcomes or exposures.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 40 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

4 inclusion criteria required to participate

Postpartum women >18 years of age

Attended antenatal care at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital

Participated in the PreNAPS study

Infants that were born to women participating in the PreNAPS study

2 exclusion criteria prevent from participating

Women <18 years of age

Women not participating in the PreNAPS study

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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CompletedNo study centers