The Good Start Matters - Parenting Program

Summary

Early childhood is an important period where the family can support the development and maintenance of healthy eating and active behaviors to prevent or reduce childhood obesity. With this ultimate goal, we designed the Good Start Matters - Parenting program, which aims to engage families in positive parenting practices that support healthy child behaviors, and aim to evaluate the efficacy of this intervention with a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The Good Start Matters - Parenting program is a 2-month mobile-Health (mHealth) parenting intervention which promote positive parenting (primary outcome) and support children's healthy nutrition, physical activity, and decrease screen-time (secondary outcomes).

Conditions

• Parenting Practices
• Co-parenting Practices
• Child Eating and Dietary Behaviors
• Child Physical Activity/active Play/outdoor Play
• Child Screen Time

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Good Start Matters - Parenting intervention

The Good Start Matters - Parenting intervention is a 2-month mobile-Health (mHealth) parenting program that aims to improve parenting practices and child health behaviors among British Columbian families of preschoolers. This intervention uses a familial approach and blends the best practices and evidence to promote positive parenting regarding 3 main areas: nutrition, physical activity, and screen-time; which altogether aim to support the development of healthy habits among young children. The mHealth app releases new material on a weekly basis and participants' engagement with the app takes about 30 minutes per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

  collaborator OTHER

• University of British Columbia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Louise Masse, PhD · University Of British Columbia & BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

30 Months

Max Age

6 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-04-01

Primary Completion

2025-04-01

Completion

2025-04-02

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations