HomeTech Healthy Lifestyle Program for Mothers With Young Children

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-06-01

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

About 17% of Chinese American preschool children are obese, compared to 12.4%of all children from age three to five years residing in the US; the prevalence of obesity is expected to increase in the future. Therefore, the proposed study will adapt a home-based and technology-centered childhood obesity prevention program for low-income Chinese American mothers of children three to five years old. The aims of the study are to assess the feasibility of the intervention and estimate the effect sizes on children's and mothers' outcomes.

Related Clinical Trials

Explore similar clinical trials based on study characteristics and research focus.

Preventing Childhood Obesity Through Early Guidance

NCT01905072

Childhood Obesity

COMPLETED NA

Educational Intervention on Weight Management in Chinese-American Children

NCT00522964

Overweight

COMPLETED PHASE3

IT-Supported Early Treatment Of Childhood Overweight

NCT01188616

Childhood Obesity Technology Based Obesity Intervention

COMPLETED PHASE2

Early Childhood Prevention of Childhood Overweight

NCT00896545

Overweight

COMPLETED PHASE3

In-home Obesity Prevention to Reach Low-income Infants

NCT03529695

Obesity Obesity, Childhood Obesity; Familial

COMPLETED NA

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

This study aims to adapt and implement a family-centered and technology-based intervention to prevent obesity in young Chinese American children from low-income families with overweight mothers. The proposed study framework is based on the Information Motivation Behavioral Skills Model, which includes the mothers' gained knowledge/information, increased personal and social motivators, and acquired behavioral skills towards behavioral changes. The intervention will be developed with a Community Advisory Committee and validated for cultural appropriateness through a beta-testing process. The validated intervention will be implemented thereafter. Eligible overweight mothers with young Chinese American children (ages three to five years) will be recruited from local day care settings, low-income housing and Head Start programs to participate in the study. Participants will be randomized into either the intervention (N=15) or control group (N=15). Participants in the intervention group will receive the 8-week online interactive sessions and activities delivered through tablet computers. Participants in the control group will receive general health promotion topics relevant to preschool-age children via mailing materials weekly for eight weeks.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Overweight

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A randomized, controlled study was used. The intervention group received tablet based intervention and the control group received printed health information relevant to preschool-aged children in Chinese over the eight weeks.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Participants, investigator and outcome assessor were blinded to the group assignment.

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Mailing information

Participants in the mailing information group will receive general health promotion topics relevant to preschool-age children (such as immunization, injury prevention and school readiness) via mailing materials that are bilingual weekly for eight weeks. These materials will be obtained from CDC and AAP.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mailing information

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the control group will receive general health promotion topics relevant to preschool-age children (such as immunization, injury prevention and school readiness) via mailing materials that are bilingual weekly for eight weeks. These materials will be obtained from CDC and AAP.

Tablet computer

Participants in the intervention group will receive eight weekly online sessions and interactive activities delivered through tablet computers. Intervention participants will receive instructions for accessing the program via the tablet at an in-person session. Automated weekly emails will be sent to participating mothers for the intervention duration to encourage study engagement.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tablet computer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the intervention group will receive eight weekly online sessions and interactive activities delivered through tablet computers. Intervention participants will receive instructions for accessing the program via the tablet at an in-person session. Automated weekly emails will be sent to participating mothers for the intervention duration to encourage study engagement.

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Tablet computer

Participants in the intervention group will receive eight weekly online sessions and interactive activities delivered through tablet computers. Intervention participants will receive instructions for accessing the program via the tablet at an in-person session. Automated weekly emails will be sent to participating mothers for the intervention duration to encourage study engagement.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mailing information

Participants in the control group will receive general health promotion topics relevant to preschool-age children (such as immunization, injury prevention and school readiness) via mailing materials that are bilingual weekly for eight weeks. These materials will be obtained from CDC and AAP.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Children:
* must be between ages three and five
* have a mother who identifies her child as Chinese;
* be healthy-defined as free of chronic or acute illness.
* Mothers:
* must identify themselves as Chinese
* the primary provider of the child,
* be able to speak and read Chinese or English;
* with a BMI \>= 23.0;
* meet low-income requirements in the Bay Area.