Pregnancy or Early Infant Loss Counseling Research Project in Michigan
Have you recently lost a pregnancy through miscarriage or stillbirth or experienced the early death of an infant? You are not alone. Losing a pregnancy or young infant can be painful and many women find themselves feeling down or blue after this happens.
Fast Facts
Women 18-50 years old
Feeling down after experiencing a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of a young infant in the past 18 months
Compensation provided
Conducted remotely
Study Background
Did you know? About 650,000 women in the United States experience perinatal loss each year.
For women who are feeling down after a loss of a pregnancy or young infant, we are offering no-cost support groups through our research study; these groups are run by experienced counselors. Participants may receive support and counseling through our research study at no cost and may be compensated up to $180.
If you are a woman between the ages of 18 – 50 years old and have experienced the loss of a pregnancy or young infant within the past 18 months, you may be eligible for this study. Find out if we can help by clicking below.
This National Institute of Child Health & Human Development funded study is being conducted by Dr. Jennifer Johnson from Michigan State University in collaboration with Dr. Kent Key and Dr. Caron Zlotnick.
Study Background
Did you know? About 650,000 women in the United States experience perinatal loss each year.
For women who are feeling down after a loss of a pregnancy or young infant, we are offering no-cost support groups through our research study; these groups are run by experienced counselors. Participants may receive support and counseling through our research study at no cost and may be compensated up to $180.
If you are a woman between the ages of 18 – 50 years old and have experienced the loss of a pregnancy or young infant within the past 18 months, you may be eligible for this study. Find out if we can help by clicking below.
This National Institute of Child Health & Human Development funded study is being conducted by Dr. Jennifer Johnson from Michigan State University in collaboration with Dr. Kent Key and Dr. Caron Zlotnick.
Additional Information
Women between the ages of 18 – 50 years old who are feeling down after experiencing a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of a young infant in the past 18 months and who can attend weekly counseling groups via Zoom video calls.
Our project involves small, supportive groups run by experienced therapists once a week for 12 weeks and two individual sessions. There will also be research interviews that are flexible in scheduling.
If our project is a good fit for you, we will compensate you up to $180 for your time on the three research interviews.
Our researchers are highly trained staff at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Women and Infants Hospital, Providence RI. We are funded by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.
For now, everything in our project will take place over the phone or by Zoom video call until the risk of COVID has decreased. Groups may eventually meet in the community.