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weSIPsmarter: Evaluating a Digital Health Intervention Aimed at Reducing Sugary Drinks Among Rural Head Start Preschoolers and Their Parents

NCT07046351 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 744

Last updated 2025-12-16

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Summary

This study will include 12 rural Head Start programs, randomly assigned to one of two groups: weSIPsmarter vs. control. The main goal is to find out if weSIPsmarter helps reduce sugary drink consumption in preschool-aged children and their parents.

Conditions

  • Sugary Beverages

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

weSIPsmarter

weSIPsmarter is grounded by the Theory of Planned Behavior as well as Satter's Feeding Dynamic Model. weSIPsmarter will also integrate relevant behavior change techniques and target concepts from health literacy, health numerary, media literacy, and eHealth literacy.

BEHAVIORAL

weLearn2Read

weLearn2Read participants will have access to a website with resources to improve reading readiness, including 6 structured parent lessons, setting reading goals, and 6 children's books (one mailed home each week), and options to receive weekly reminders (e.g., email or text) to encourage reading readiness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Virginia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-06
Primary Completion
2028-02-01
Completion
2029-02-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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