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Healthy Eating and Active Living Taught at Home (HEALTH) Dissemination & Implementation (D&I)

NCT03758638 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 620

Last updated 2025-11-12

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Summary

This project evaluates the effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention (HEALTH) to prevent weight gain and promote weight loss when disseminated and implemented in real-world settings, through Parents as Teachers. To enhance the impact of HEALTH, the study also evaluates implementation outcomes from the training curriculum (implementation strategy) and external validity when HEALTH is implemented within this national home visiting organization. This partnership has potential for significant impact on obesity and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Eating & Active Living Taught at Home

PAT National Center will train educators affiliated with PAT sites in HEALTH; among these, using the HEALTH training curriculum, which includes training materials, an \~8 hour training delivered through a synchronous web-based experience, and ongoing consultation. Participants at HEALTH sites receive usual care PAT+evidence-based life-style change strategies to prevent weight gain and promote weight loss embedded within and delivered as part of home visits. In addition to the usual care PAT curriculum content, goal setting related to healthy weight, and the importance of parental modeling of healthy eating and physical activity are incorporated throughout the discussion and visit. HEALTH will be delivered over 24 months via a (1) core and (2) maintenance phase. The visits begin with greater frequency, and taper. Consistent with PAT practice, the frequency and number of visits are determined by the family's needs and preferences.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

The Foundational (usual care) curriculum uses a strength-based, solution-focused model to provide parents with child development knowledge and parenting support, empowering parents as their child's first and most influential teacher.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rachel G Tabak, PhD, RD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-25
Primary Completion
2024-07-31
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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