Rosie the Chatbot: Leveraging Automated and Personalized Health Information Communication

Last updated: April 28, 2026
Sponsor: University of Maryland, College Park
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Depression

Depression (Major/severe)

Pregnancy

Treatment

Rosie the Chatbot

Clinical Study ID

NCT06053515
5R01MD016037-03
5R01MD016037-03
3R01MD016037-03S1
  • Ages 14-99
  • Female
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 14 years and older

  • Racial minority women

  • Pregnant or has an infant < 6 months

  • Must be able to read English or Spanish

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Mother younger than 14 years of age at time of child's birth.

  • Non-hispanic white

Study Design

Total Participants: 400
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Rosie the Chatbot
Phase:
Study Start date:
October 13, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
January 23, 2026

Study Description

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.

  • Participants in the study will be randomly assigned into one of two groups, Rosie the Chatbot group (treatment group) and Book Club group (control group).

  • 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 use the features (video library, resources page, frequently asked questions (FAQ), and daily syllabus).

  • 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.

Connect with a study center

  • University of Maryland

    College Park, Maryland 20742
    United States

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