Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity Environments in Home-based Child Care

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Family Child Care Homes

In brief

Drs. Patricia Risica (Brown University) and Kim Gans (University of Connecticut) are Dual Principal Investigators for this project. The research team will first conduct formative research using focus groups and key-informant interviews of Family Child Care Home (FCCH) providers. This formative work will inform our adaptation of components of previous evidence-based interventions to create a new innovative intervention in both English and Spanish to improve food and PA environments of Family Child Care Homes (FCCH). The intervention will integrate: a) support from peer counselors with child care experience who will serve as team leaders for groups of FCCPs; b) tailored print and video materials; and c) a set of portable active toys. A cluster-randomized trial with 132 FCCH will evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention with a Steering Committee and Community Advisory Board guiding all aspects. The Specific Aims of the study are to: 1) Conduct formative research to inform the development and adaptation of the FCCH intervention. 2) Conduct a cluster-randomized trial of the intervention's efficacy with 66 FCCH providers and a control intervention with 66 demographically-matched FCCH providers to evaluate its impact on: a) Children's overall dietary quality at FCCHs; b) Children's PA and sedentary behaviors at FCCHs; and c) the physical and social food and PA environments of FCCHs. Evaluation methods will include survey data collection of the FCCH Providers; observation of children's' dietary intake and physical activity in FCCHs; recruitment of children within the FCCH for physical and survey measurement with permission from their parents.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02452645

Run by

Brown University

People needed

132

Starts

2015-12-01

Expected to finish

2019-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• operator of a FCCH
• have at least 1 children in their care,
• provide at least 2 meals/snacks to the children
• ability to read and speak English or Spanish
• expect to be in operation in a year
• have a working phone
• have either a DVD player or internet access through computer or phone

You may not qualify if…

• under 18 years of age
• has no children in their care between the ages of 2 and 5 years old
• child care will be closed for more than 1 month at a time in the forthcoming year.
• does not prepare the food served by the children (children bring it from home).

Where it is running

• Ready 2 Learn — Providence, Rhode Island, United States (enrolling)

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