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Healthy Kids & Families: Overcoming Social, Environmental and Family Barriers to Childhood Obesity Prevention

NCT03028233 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 244

Last updated 2019-05-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will test the impact of a community health worker (CHW)-delivered intervention aimed at helping families overcome barriers to childhood obesity prevention. Barriers include social, environmental, and family issues.

This intervention will be compared to a control condition consisting of a community health worker (CHW)-delivered intervention aimed at helping families improve positive parenting skills.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Lifestyle

A Community Health Worker coaches families regarding healthy eating, physical activity, and obesity prevention, and promotes the use of existing built environment resources.

BEHAVIORAL

Positive Parenting

A Community Health Worker coaches parents on improving positive parenting skills and promotes the use of relevant community resources.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oak Hill Community Development Corporation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Worcester Public Schools

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Milagros C Rosal, PhD · UMass Medical School

  • Wenjun Li, PhD · UMass Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2019-04-22
Completion
2019-04-22

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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