Healthy Homes/Healthy Kids_5-9

Summary

The pediatric primary care setting is a relatively untapped resource for addressing obesity prevention. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a relatively low cost pediatric primary-care based obesity prevention intervention. The intervention will consist of brief pediatrician counseling as well as phone coaching for parents with overweight children who are between the ages of five and nine. We propose to enroll and randomize 425 parent-child dyads with children who have a measured body mass index (BMI) the 75th and 95th percentile. They will be randomized one of into two groups, the (a) Healthy Eating/Physical Activity Intervention, or the (b) General Healthy/Safety/Injury Prevention Contact Control Intervention. Both groups will receive brief pediatrician counseling regarding their child's current BMI percentile status and recommendations for home environmental changes to achieve a healthy weight gain trajectory and to improve home safety and reduce injury risk. This will be paired with a 12 month home-based program delivered via phone by health behavior specialists to help parents make environmental changes specific to their group assignment.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Eating/Physical Activity

This intervention arm will include brief pediatrician counseling regarding the child's current BMI percentile status, recommendations for home environmental changes to achieve a healthy weight gain trajectory, and home safety and injury risk reduction environmental recommendations paired with a 12 month home-based program delivered via phone by a masters-level health behavior specialist to promote implementation of the obesity prevention home environmental strategies.

BEHAVIORAL

Safety/Injury Prevention

This intervention arm will include the same brief counseling from the pediatrician paired with a 12 month home-based program delivered via phone by a masters-level health behavior specialist to promote implementation of the safety and injury prevention home environmental strategies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Washington

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Minnesota

  collaborator OTHER

• HealthPartners Institute

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Nancy E Sherwood, PhD · HealthPartners Institute

• Rona L Levy, PhD · University of Washington School of Social Work

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

5 Years

Max Age

9 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-03-31

Primary Completion

2014-10-31

Completion

2014-10-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations