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Tundra Gifts: Harvesting Local And Regional Resources To Prevent Obesity Among Alaska Native Children In Remote, Underserved Communities

NCT03986632 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2019-06-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The long-term goal of this community based participatory research project is to prevent obesity in 3-5 year old Alaska Native children in remote communities.

Investigators will design and evaluate a culturally responsive, home-focused intervention, Tundra Gifts, that links early childhood education programming (i.e. Head Start) and federal food assistance programs (i.e. WIC and SNAP) with primary caregivers to support healthy eating and an active lifestyle using a cluster-randomized design. The intervention integrates behavior change theory with Indigenous traditional knowledge. Primary caregivers will attend monthly interactive education session, receive a monthly gift basket that includes resources and supplies to support behavior change at home and receive ongoing social support through a Facebook site. Investigators will also evaluate key process indicators of Tundra Gifts to understand the impact on outcomes of variations in persons and settings and to enhance the generalizability of findings.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tundra Gifts

Tundra Gifts is a home-focused intervention delivered by community health workers (CHW) that focuses on promoting healthy eating and an active lifestyle among 3-5 year olds through family and community partnerships. Primary caregivers will attend monthly interactive education session, receive a monthly gift basket that includes resources and supplies to support behavior change at home and receive ongoing social support through a Facebook site.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alaska Anchorage

    collaborator OTHER

  • State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Grand Valley State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alaska Fairbanks

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2022-05-30
Completion
2022-05-30

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