Pre/Post Evaluation of Living Green and Healthy for Teens (LiGHT)

Summary

This study is the first of three sub-studies aimed at evaluating the outcomes of Living Green, Healthy for Teens (LiGHT v2.1), an app for 13 to 17 year -olds and their families that is intended to help them shift from an unhealthy lifestyle toward better health habits in three areas: physical activity, nutrition and sedentary behaviours. This first evaluation has the following aims to: 1) describe reach; 2) determine utilization/adherence to strategies implemented in the app and predictors of utilization/adherence; 3) assess change in knowledge and lifestyles behaviours associated with obesity as well as assess mediators of behaviour change. As this is a formative evaluation, it will prospectively follow 500 families for 4.5 months.

Conditions

• Obesity, Pediatric

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

LiGHT v2.1

The LiGHT mobile program strives to support youth and their families to adopt lifelong healthy behaviours in four areas - eating, physical activity, recreational screen time and sleep - to foster healthy growth and development, to prevent chronic diseases and manage unhealthy weights. The program includes content that involve the family, and focus on behavioural therapy as well as dietary and physical activity patterns. LiGHT is intended to be engaging and fun, provide virtual and tangible rewards, and interact with participants multiple times per day. In addition, it will feature a mobile social support network and interaction with a live coach with specialized training in motivational interviewing to support youth/families in changing their health behaviours through messaging and phone calls.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Childhood Obesity Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Ayogo Health Inc.

  collaborator OTHER

• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Merck Canada Inc.

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Pacific Blue Cross

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

  collaborator OTHER

• University of British Columbia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Louise C Masse, PhD · University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-03-01

Primary Completion

2018-11-30

Completion

2019-12-23

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations