An Ecological Approach to Addressing Childhood Obesity Issues in Imperial County

Summary

Our Choice is one of three CORD (Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration) studies funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011 to test multi-sector, multi-level approaches to prevent and control childhood obesity. Our Choice is translating evidence-based approaches for modifying behaviors, policies, systems, and environments to promote fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, water consumption, and quality sleep. The ultimate goal is to assist Children's Health Insurance Program-eligible children between 2-12 years old attain a healthy weight. In addition to site-specific intervention and evaluation activities, Our Choice is working with the University of Houston Evaluation Center to conduct a cross-site evaluation on a set of shared measures.

Conditions

• Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family wellness workshops

Nine family wellness workshops and eight family physical activity sessions facilitated by community health workers.

BEHAVIORAL

Obesity chronic care model

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity, healthy eating, water drinking, healthy sleep promotion

BEHAVIORAL

Environment, policy, systems changes in clinic setting only

BEHAVIORAL

No intervention

No intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

Environment, policy, and systems changes in schools, early child care education & recreation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  collaborator FED

• San Diego State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Guadalupe X Ayala, PhD, MPH · San Diego State University

• Leticia Ibarra, MPH · Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc.

• Amy Binggeli-Vallarta, DrPH, RD · Imperial County Public Health Department

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

2 Years

Max Age

11 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-05-31

Primary Completion

2016-02-29

Completion

2021-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations