PODER Familiar: Health Promotion for Latino Families of Children With IDD

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Health-Related Behavior, Quality of Life, Psychological Distress, Diet, Healthy, Physical Inactivity

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a culturally tailored health promotion intervention for children with IDD and their families. First investigators will conduct a single group design pilot study of a health promotion intervention, followed by second, a small-scale randomized control trial (RCT). of the intervention with Latino parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the Chicago, Illinois and Austin, Texas areas. The following research questions will be addressed: Question 1: What is the appropriate content, dosage, and delivery method of the intervention? Question 2: What is the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention? Question 3: Do participants improve between pre and post-test on outcome measures both in the one group design and compared to the control group in the RCT? Parents will receive 10 weekly remote sessions on health promotion content delivered by parent mentors called promotoras. Parents and children will attend 3 multi-family group workshops in-person that will provide demonstrations and interactive activities.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05713617

Run by

University of Texas at Austin

People needed

90

Starts

2023-01-17

Expected to finish

2024-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2024-07-26

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Parent/Caregiver
• identify as parent or primary family caregiver
• 18 years of age or older
• Identify as Latino/a or of Latin American Descent
• have a child with IDD between 6 and 17 years of age Child with IDD
• between 6 and 17 years old
• the child has a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome or intellectual disability

You may not qualify if…

• Child uses mobility aid

Where it is running

• University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin — Austin, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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