HealthSpark: Health Access for Children in Federally-Subsidized Child Care

Completed

Conditions studied: Asthma, Obesity, ADHD

In brief

HealthSpark is a community-based research network of childcare centers designed to improve the health of children in Miami-Dade County. HealthSpark is the health component of SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids), a community coalition led by the Early Childhood Initiative Foundation to improve school readiness in Allapattah/Model City and Homestead/Florida City, two underserved Miami-Dade County communities. The goal of HealthSpark I is to identify the health and healthcare needs of preschool children, then help translate evidence-based intervention into community programs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00339027

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

960

Starts

2004-05-01

Expected to finish

2005-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-08-11

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children ages 3 - 5 years, enrolled in one of the designated SPARK child care centers

You may not qualify if…

• Children under the age of 3 years or over the age of 5 years
• Children whose parents do not want to participate
• Children whose child care centers do not want to participate

Where it is running

• University of Miami Mailman Center for Child Development — Miami, Florida, United States

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