SoLaHmo Radio Stories About Children's Healthy Eating and Exercise

NCT ID: NCT02135328

Last Updated: 2019-11-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 123 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2013-08-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to use a community based participatory action research (CBPAR) approach to 1) create "radio stories" about Somali, Latino and Hmong families' real success stories with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in managing their disease through implementation of healthful lifestyle behaviors (nutrition and physical activity), and 2) test the effectiveness and acceptability of radio stories on participant intentions to engage in or improve healthful lifestyle behaviors. Participants in the Intervention condition listened to the "radio stories" and the participants in the control condition listened to an audio brochure with relevant information. We hypothesized that the intervention participants would report higher intensions to engage in various healthful lifestyle behaviors than the control participants after both participants listened to their respective health information.

Detailed Description

Given the high rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus (diabetes) in minority and immigrant communities, implementing culturally and linguistically appropriate health promotion activities that improve families' diet and physical activity behaviors is imperative. "Radio Stories" is an education entertainment strategy that has significant potential as a health promotion tool. Through a CBPAR process, we aimed to create and test the effectiveness and acceptability of "SoLaHmo Radio Stories" about changing knowledge and behaviors to prevent or manage diabetes for Somali, Latino, and Hmong families.

Methods: SoLaHmo community researchers interview 3 families (1 Somali, 1 Latino, and 1 Hmong) who have successfully implemented lifestyle changes to prevent or manage diabetes, and then create 3 "radio stories" based on the families' experiences. To test the stories, we are conducting a two-arm trial that includes intervention groups (20 people per community) that listen to the radio stories and control groups (20 people per community) that receive a brochure with similar information (N=120). Effectiveness and acceptability of the program will be tested with pre-and post questionnaires.

Anticipated Results: Higher rates of satisfaction, increased knowledge, and intention to change in participants receiving the radio stories, as compared to control group participants, will indicate radio story program effectiveness and acceptability.

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Radio Story

Participants listen to a radio story about a family's' success with preventing or managing type 2 diabetes through diet and physical activity; the focus was for the entire family to implement healthful lifestyle behaviors so the children can learn as well.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Radio Story

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

For the purposes of this study a "Radio Story" is an audio recorded story of about a family's success story about type 2 diabetes mellitus prevention and management.

Audio brochure

Participants received an audio version of a standard brochure about type 2 diabetes prevention and management.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Audio brochure

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The control participants listened to an adio version of a standard brochure about prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.

Interventions

Radio Story

For the purposes of this study a "Radio Story" is an audio recorded story of about a family's success story about type 2 diabetes mellitus prevention and management.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Audio brochure

The control participants listened to an adio version of a standard brochure about prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Family self-identifies as Somali, Latino or Hmong
• Family has at least one child between the ages of 3-18 years old
• English or Spanish or Somali or Hmong speaking
• Family identified as having a compelling story with childhood obesity or Type 2 diabetes prevention

• Self-identified member of Somali, Latino or Hmong communities
• Adult age 18 years and older
• English or Spanish or Somali or Hmong-speaking
• Parent/caregiver is involved with raising children between the ages of 3-18 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Family does not self-identify as Somali, Latino or Hmong
• Family does not have children between the ages of 3-18 years
• Not English or Spanish or Somali or Hmong speaking
• Parent/caregiver Is not involved with raising children between the ages of 3-18 years

• Participants do not self-identify as Somali, Latino or Hmong
• Participants are younger than 18 years
• Participants are not caregivers of children between the ages of 3-18 years
• Not English or Spanish or Somali or Hmong speaking

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

West Side Community Health Services

INDIV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Minnesota

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Chrisa Arcan, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Minnesota

Shannon L Pergament, MPH, MSW

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

West Side Community Health Services/SoLaHmo Partnership for Health and Wellness

Other Identifiers

1209S19821

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id