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Healthy Children, Strong Families: American Indian Communities Preventing Obesity

NCT01776255 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 900

Last updated 2017-10-26

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Summary

Healthy Children, Strong Families-2 (HCSF-2) is a family focused early childhood intervention which addresses the growing problem of childhood obesity in American Indian communities. The study works with six rural and urban American Indian communities across the US to test the ability of the intervention to increase adoption of healthy lifestyles and to reduce the prevalence of obesity among preschool aged American Indian children and their primary caregivers - creating healthier children, healthier families and healthier communities. Our primary hypothesis is that children and their primary caregivers who receive the HCSF-2 intervention will have better obesity related outcomes than those who do not receive HCSF-2.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Children, Strong Families

Healthy Children, Strong Families is a series of 13 "lessons" mailed to primary caregivers of preschool aged children that provide education and activities related to obesity prevention. The lessons cover topics related to nutrition, physical activity, stress, sleep, and the home environment. Lessons include printed materials and small items (for example, an apple sectioner) that support activities in the lessons. Social support components via a monitored Facebook group and approximately semiweekly text messages sent to caregivers are included. The intervention spans 1 year.

BEHAVIORAL

Child Safety

The Child Safety intervention is an active control condition consisting of monthly two-page newsletters covering various topics relevant to child safety such as choking, car safety seats, bike and pedestrian safety. The intervention spans 1 year.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alexandra K Adams, MD, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-27
Completion
2017-04-27

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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