An Intergenerational Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Intervention to Reduce Appalachian Health Disparities

NCT ID: NCT01373307

Last Updated: 2015-07-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 1250 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-06-30

Brief Summary

The study purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate, faith-placed lay health advisor intervention aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity among intergenerational Appalachian individuals and families.

Detailed Description

The developmental phase of this project incorporated community based participatory research (CBPR) principles to identify the needs and preferences of community members with regard to energy balance. In the intervention phase, this group-randomized trial administers and evaluates an intergenerational, culturally appropriate energy balance intervention aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable intake and increasing physical activity among participants in 6 distressed Appalachian counties. Faith institutions are recruited and randomized to treatment or wait-list control conditions, and participants are recruited and enrolled within those institutions. Focusing on Appalachian children, parents, and grandparents, local lay health advisors deliver a series of group presentations, adapted from We Can! and Media Smart Youth. In addition, the project provides culturally consonant leave-behind "booster" activities, including square dances, cooking classes, and community gardens.

Conditions

Overweight; Obesity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

Early Intervention

Participants are nested in churches which were randomly assigned to receive the intervention first.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

LHA-delivered energy balance classes/activities

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

4-6 sessions delivered by local LHA to age-appropriate groups (i.e., children/adolescents and adults), based on We Can! And Media Smart Youth curricula.

Delayed Intervention

Wait-list control group. Participants are nested in churches which were randomly assigned to receive the intervention at a later date. Delayed Intervention participants receive an educational luncheon addressing stress reduction during the window of no intervention.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

LHA-delivered energy balance classes/activities

4-6 sessions delivered by local LHA to age-appropriate groups (i.e., children/adolescents and adults), based on We Can! And Media Smart Youth curricula.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 8 years or above
• Able to provide informed consent/assent

• Minimum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Nancy Schoenberg

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nancy Schoenberg

Sponsor/PI

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Nancy Schoenberg, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Kentucky

Locations

Faith Moves Mountains

Whitesburg, Kentucky, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

R01DK081324

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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R01DK081324

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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