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Healthy Online Parental Education Project to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Active Playtime Among Toddlers

NCT05085041 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 73

Last updated 2022-10-07

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Summary

The research proposal will be an 8-week randomized control trial (RCT) to examine the efficacy of an eHealth intervention, namely Healthy Parental Online Education (HOPE), on fruit and vegetable intake and active playtime among toddlers enrolled in early head start programs in Lubbock, Texas. Parents with toddlers ages one to three years will be recruited from Early Head Start centers. Written consent forms will be obtained before baseline data collection. The participants will be then randomly assigned to the intervention or control group. The participants in the intervention group will receive a multi-component online nutrition intervention for eight weeks. While the control group will receive a copy of the booklet that includes the 2020 U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines (USDA) for toddlers and adults.

The investigators will measure sociodemographic, parental nutritional knowledge, parental attitude related to healthy eating, parental self-efficacy, parental feeding practices, carotenoids in the skin of both parents and toddlers, three-day food photos, and physical activity and sedentary times of toddlers. This research proposal hypothesizes that there will be significant differences in fruit and vegetable intake and physically active time among toddlers between the intervention and control group from baseline to 3 months. The investigators also hypothesize that there will be significant differences in parental nutrition knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and feeding practice between the intervention and control group from baseline to 3 months.

Conditions

  • Eating Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Multi-Component eHealth Intervention, namely Healthy Online Parental Education (HOPE)

The investigators will provide 8 sessions of a multi-component education intervention to the participants in the intervention group. Each session will address parental nutrition knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes around feeding, parental modeling of healthy foods, and skill development to increase success in making behavioral changes. The intervention curriculum will be informed by Social Cognitive Theory to help parents guide young children to engage in healthy eating behaviors through modeling (Curriculum Design). The investigators will deliver the intervention using multicomponent to enhance and maximize the learning experiences of the participants for successful behavior changes. The intervention will be comprised of instructional videos, text messages with key information, online cooking activities, and telephone consultation (Modality).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Tech University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wilna Oldewage-Theron, PhD · Texas Tech University

  • Hyunjung Lee, MS · Texas Tech University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-05
Primary Completion
2022-02-18
Completion
2022-02-18

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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