ST of TN-Salud Con La Familia: Prevent Onset of Ped Obesity
Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3
Conditions studied: Diabetes, Obesity
In brief
Preventing the onset of pediatric obesity and diabetes in Latino families The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial of a family-based community centered intervention. One-hundred Latino families with children ages 3-5 will be randomly allocated to either the intervention group (a 3-month skills building program to improve nutrition and aerobic activity for child-parent dyads) or a control group (literacy promotion). Through an active partnership with Nashville Metro Parks and Recreation and the Division of General Pediatrics at the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, the investigators will: 1) Implement an intervention for Latino families with young children that includes parent training, behavior modification training, nutrition education, and physical activity promotion; 2) Evaluate how this intervention affects growth trajectories in children; 3) Evaluate how this intervention affects parenting practices for Latino families to improve nutrition and physical activity; and 4) Evaluate the ability to link families into a pediatric medical home if they have none identified. By developing innovative family-focused interventions, finding solutions to health conditions such as obesity and diabetes could be realized-con la familia.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00808431
- Run by
- Vanderbilt University
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2008-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-12-19
Who can join
Age: 3 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Latino parents with children ages 3-5
- parent agrees to participate in all sessions
- parent can be reached via telephone contact over next 3 months
You may not qualify if…
- non-Latino parents
- children outside target age range
- parent not agreeing to participate in all sessions
- parent cannot be reached via telephone contact over next 3 months
Where it is running
- Coleman Community Recreation Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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