Healthy Homes/Healthy Kids_5-9
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity, Injury
In brief
The pediatric primary care setting is a relatively untapped resource for addressing obesity prevention. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a relatively low cost pediatric primary-care based obesity prevention intervention. The intervention will consist of brief pediatrician counseling as well as phone coaching for parents with overweight children who are between the ages of five and nine. We propose to enroll and randomize 425 parent-child dyads with children who have a measured body mass index (BMI) the 75th and 95th percentile. They will be randomized one of into two groups, the (a) Healthy Eating/Physical Activity Intervention, or the (b) General Healthy/Safety/Injury Prevention Contact Control Intervention. Both groups will receive brief pediatrician counseling regarding their child's current BMI percentile status and recommendations for home environmental changes to achieve a healthy weight gain trajectory and to improve home safety and reduce injury risk. This will be paired with a 12 month home-based program delivered via phone by health behavior specialists to help parents make environmental changes specific to their group assignment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01084590
- Run by
- HealthPartners Institute
- People needed
- 421
- Starts
- 2010-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-03-27
Who can join
Age: 5 and older, up to 9. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- BMI%ile between the 75th and 95th%ile
- Receives care at a HealthPartners Clinic in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
You may not qualify if…
- Children with the following chronic conditions: kidney disease, Type 1 diabetes, lupus, a thyroid condition, cancer, or chromosomal abnormality such as Down's syndrome or Turner's syndrome
- Children who within the last six months or those who are currently taking the following medications and took them or will be taking them for more than a month: Prednisone, Prednisilone, and Decadron.
- Families who have limited English skills.
- Families who plan to move out of the metropolitan area within the next two years.
Where it is running
- HealthPartners Research Foundation — Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
- University of Washington School of Social Work — Seattle, Washington, United States
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