Feasibility of Healthy Dads Healthy Kids Latino

Summary

This is a feasibility study of a culturally adapted version of Healthy Dads Healthy Kids for Hispanic families. The adapted version called Papás Saludables, Niños Saludables is a father-targeted program for child obesity prevention and weight loss for fathers. The feasibility study will be conducted with 40 Hispanic families. Baseline assessments (T0) will be completed on all participating family members, followed by randomization to start the program immediately (intervention group), or 6-7 months later (wait-list control). Post assessments (T1) will be completed on the full sample once the intervention group has participated in the 10 week Papás Saludables, Niños Saludables program. A process evaluation will be conducted to assess the feasibility outcomes of the study.

Conditions

• Feasibility

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The Papás Saludables, Niños Saludables Program

Papás Saludables, Niños Saludables is a 10 week program for fathers and their children that meets weekly. Each session is 90 minutes long: 15 min introduction, 30 min pull-out sessions for fathers and children, and 45 min active play sessions together. Fathers are encouraged to improve their eating and physical behaviors to lose weight and to be healthy role models for their child. Children are encouraged to help their fathers lose weight and improve their health. The program has been adapted to contextualize the information for low-income Hispanic families and changed to US food and physical activity guidelines. Mothers will be provided a Handbook and will be sent short videos, recipe links, and short motivational messages every week covering the same topics as in the sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

The Papás Saludables, Niños Saludables Wait-list Control

The same program as above delivered to the wait-list control after the T1 follow-up data has been collected.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

  collaborator NIH

• Baylor College of Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Teresia O'Connor, MD, MPH · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

5 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-08-11

Primary Completion

2019-05-06

Completion

2019-05-06

Countries

• United States

Study Locations