Technology Based Obesity Prevention Project (TeBOPP)
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity in Children
In brief
Technology-Based Obesity Prevention Project (TeBOPP) is a bilingual (English/Spanish) family-based educational intervention that will use a novel videogame format to educate underserved inner city Latino children and adolescent patients and their parents about healthy diet and exercise. To the best of our knowledge this is the first family focused obesity prevention educational intervention using a gaming scenario where both parents and children/teens (8-15 years) participate simultaneously. The goals are to improve parent-child (teen) knowledge regarding healthy food habits and create a change in attitude towards healthy eating and exercise. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that game-based avatars (i.e., a graphical representation of an individual within a virtual space) can create change in knowledge and attitude towards healthy eating and exercise.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01981434
- Run by
- Valleywise Health
- People needed
- 101
- Starts
- 2013-08-27
- Expected to finish
- 2016-07-26
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-03-29
Who can join
Age: 8 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients of Latino ethnicity, 8 to 15 years of age who register in the pediatric ED and patients who visit the three FLCs and are accompanied by a parent/guardian who is 18 years or older and able to communicate in English or Spanish
- A patient must receive an Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Version 3 score of 4/5 indicating non-urgent status for recruitment in the pediatric ED.
You may not qualify if…
- Medically unstable patients (in the pediatric ED), patients with ESI score of 1-3 (life threatening medical/surgical condition).
- Incarcerated patients or patients from juvenile detention facilities.
Where it is running
- Maricopa Integrated Health System — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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