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Scaling up Building Healthy Families

NCT07404839 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2026-02-18

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Summary

Evidence-based interventions for childhood obesity (EBI-CO) can improve children's weight status, but families in rural areas and small cities have limited access to the interdisciplinary healthcare teams recommended to deliver EBI-CO. To address this issue, the investigators adapted an EBI-CO, Building Healthy Families (BHF), which includes all materials and training resources necessary for rural program implementation. The pilot study found that when paired with opportunities to learn from the program developers and other community implementation teams, the packaged program led to effective delivery across 4 rural communities. This scale-up study will compare packaged BHF Resources with and without a learning collaborative facilitation strategy, examining outcomes including reach, effectiveness, implementation, and potential for sustainability in rural areas.

Conditions

  • Obesity, Child

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Building Healthy Families Program

Building Healthy Families (BHF) is an evidence-based, family-based weight management program designed for children aged 5-13 who are overweight or obese and their parents or caregivers. Family-based weight management programs focus on creating a supportive, positive environment for lifestyle behavior change that promotes healthy growth and development. BHF is a group-based program, and education sessions focus on healthy eating, physical activity, and lifestyle modification for the entire family. The BHF Program consists of 12 weekly education sessions (\~2 hours each) and 6 relapse-prevention refresher sessions over 1 year (12 months total). The BHF program meets the current recommendations for intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment (IHBLT) programs from professional groups, and BHF is a recommended program for community adoption and implementation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Utah

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennie Hill, PhD · University of Utah

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-01
Primary Completion
2030-01-01
Completion
2030-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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