Mass in Motion Kids in the Clinical Setting

Summary

Mass in Motion Kids is a whole-of-community intervention in Fitchburg and New Bedford, Massachusetts that incorporates evidence-based interventions across multiple sectors and at multiple levels. The overall goal of the study is to examine the extent to which the comprehensive, systematic intervention reduces childhood obesity among underserved children.

The clinical intervention implements evidence-based interventions each city's federally-qualified community health center. Intervention components aim to improve primary and secondary prevention of childhood obesity and implement changes at four levels: clinician; parent-family; organizational; and environmental. We additionally provide training and educational materials to other pediatric clinicians in the two communities. The clinical intervention components include (1) advanced training on clinical quality improvement and obesity prevention, assessment, management; (2) computerized, point-of-care decision support tools for clinicians; (3) implementation of multi-disciplinary weight management programs within the community health centers, e.g. Healthy Weight Clinics (HWC); (4) integrating community health workers into the primary care and HWC teams; and (5) health center environmental changes to support behavior change modification.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Obesity

Interventions

OTHER

Primary Care Practice Changes

The clinical intervention components included (1) advanced training on clinical quality improvement and obesity prevention, assessment, management; (2) computerized, point-of-care decision support tools for clinicians; (3) implementation of multi-disciplinary weight management programs within the community health centers, e.g. Healthy Weight Clinics (HWC); (4) integrating community health workers into the primary care and HWC teams; and (5) health center environmental changes to support behavior change modification.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Massachusetts Department of Health

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

  collaborator OTHER

• National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  collaborator FED

• Massachusetts General Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Thomas Land, PhD · Massachusetts Department of Health

• Elsie M Taveras, MD, MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

2 Years

Max Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2011-12-31

Primary Completion

2015-08-31

Completion

2015-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations