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IMplementation of the Family Support PRogramme A Healthy School Start to Prevent OVErweight and Obesity (IMPROVE)

NCT04984421 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1634

Last updated 2025-05-30

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Summary

IMPROVE is an implementation study aiming to explore the effects of two bundled implementation strategies on the intervention fidelity of the Healthy School Start program (primary outcome) while simultaneously monitoring effects on health outcomes of children and parents (secondary outcomes). Thirty schools in two municipalities will receive the HSS program reaching about 1400 families per school year, for two years.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Obesity
  • Overnutrition, Child
  • Prediabetic State
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Overweight, Childhood

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy School Start

The Healthy School Start program is a universal 4-component family support program for children starting school (5-7 years of age) promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity in the home environment to prevent childhood obesity and parents' risk of developing type 2 diabetes. It is targeting both children and parents.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Liselotte S Elinder, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2024-09-30
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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