An Ecological Approach to Addressing Childhood Obesity Issues in Imperial County

NCT ID: NCT02197390

Last Updated: 2025-07-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1184 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-05-31

Study Completion Date

2021-09-30

Brief Summary

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Our Choice is one of three CORD (Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration) studies funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011 to test multi-sector, multi-level approaches to prevent and control childhood obesity. Our Choice is translating evidence-based approaches for modifying behaviors, policies, systems, and environments to promote fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, water consumption, and quality sleep. The ultimate goal is to assist Children's Health Insurance Program-eligible children between 2-12 years old attain a healthy weight. In addition to site-specific intervention and evaluation activities, Our Choice is working with the University of Houston Evaluation Center to conduct a cross-site evaluation on a set of shared measures.

Detailed Description

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Our Choice is a partnership between a university-affiliated research institute, a federally qualified health center, and a county public health department. We used formative research, advisory committee members' recommendations, and previous research to inform the development of the Our Choice project. Our theory-informed multi-sector, multi-level intervention targets improvements in four health behaviors: fruit, vegetable, and water consumption, physical activity, and sleep. Intervention partners include 1200 families, a federally qualified health center (including three clinics), 26 early care and education centers, two elementary school districts (and 20 elementary schools), three community recreation centers, and three restaurants. Intervention components in all sectors target changes in behaviors, policies, systems, and the social and physical environment. Evaluation activities include assessment of the primary outcome, BMI z-score, at baseline, 12- and 18-months post-baseline, and sector evaluations at baseline, 12, and 24-months.

Conditions

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Childhood Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Health Care plus Public Health

The Health Care intervention involves the implementation of an obesity care model within a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and includes a Family Wellness Program delivered by Community Health Workers (CHWs). The Public Health intervention involves working with early care and education centers, schools, community recreation organizations, and restaurants to promote four health behaviors: fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, water consumption, and quality sleep.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Family wellness workshops

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Nine family wellness workshops and eight family physical activity sessions facilitated by community health workers.

Obesity chronic care model

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity, healthy eating, water drinking, healthy sleep promotion

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Environment, policy, systems changes in clinic setting only

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Environment, policy, and systems changes in schools, early child care education & recreation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Health Care

The Health Care intervention involves the implementation of an obesity care model within a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and includes a Family Wellness Program delivered by Community Health Workers (CHWs).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Family wellness workshops

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Nine family wellness workshops and eight family physical activity sessions facilitated by community health workers.

Obesity chronic care model

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity, healthy eating, water drinking, healthy sleep promotion

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Environment, policy, systems changes in clinic setting only

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Public Health

The Public Health intervention involves working with early care and education centers, schools, community recreation organizations, and restaurants to promote four health behaviors: fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, water consumption, and quality sleep.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physical activity, healthy eating, water drinking, healthy sleep promotion

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Environment, policy, systems changes in clinic setting only

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

No intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

No intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

No intervention.

Interventions

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Family wellness workshops

Nine family wellness workshops and eight family physical activity sessions facilitated by community health workers.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Obesity chronic care model

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity, healthy eating, water drinking, healthy sleep promotion

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Environment, policy, systems changes in clinic setting only

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

No intervention

No intervention.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Environment, policy, and systems changes in schools, early child care education & recreation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* If family had school-age child, child must attend one of the designated Our Choice schools located in one of three designated cities.
* If family had preschool-age child, family must reside in one of three designated cities.
* Children ages 2-11 years old
* Maximum two children per household
* Children above the 5th percentile body mass index
* Family agrees to remain in the area throughout the duration of the study
* Participating parent had to understand English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria

* Child has any condition that significantly limits eating or physical activity in a way that interventions would be impacted
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

11 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

San Diego State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Guadalupe X Ayala, PhD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

San Diego State University

Leticia Ibarra, MPH

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc.

Amy Binggeli-Vallarta, DrPH, RD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Imperial County Public Health Department

Locations

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Our Choice

El Centro, California, United States

Site Status

San Diego State University Research Foundation

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Chuang E, Ayala GX, Schmied E, Ganter C, Gittelsohn J, Davison KK. Evaluation protocol to assess an integrated framework for the implementation of the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration project at the California (CA-CORD) and Massachusetts (MA-CORD) sites. Child Obes. 2015 Feb;11(1):48-57. doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0049. Epub 2014 Nov 25.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25423618 (View on PubMed)

Ayala GX, Ibarra L, Binggeli-Vallarta A, Moody J, McKenzie TL, Angulo J, Hoyt H, Chuang E, Ganiats TG, Gahagan S, Ji M, Zive M, Schmied E, Arredondo EM, Elder JP. Our Choice/Nuestra Opcion: the Imperial County, California, Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration study (CA-CORD). Child Obes. 2015 Feb;11(1):37-47. doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0080. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25584664 (View on PubMed)

Chuang E, Brunner J, Moody J, Ibarra L, Hoyt H, McKenzie TL, Binggeli-Vallarta A, Cervantes G, Finlayson TL, Ayala GX. Factors Affecting Implementation of the California Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CA-CORD) Project, 2013. Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 Oct 20;13:E147. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.160238.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27763831 (View on PubMed)

Schmied EA, Madanat H, Chuang E, Moody J, Ibarra L, Cervantes G, Strong D, Boutelle K, Ayala GX. Factors predicting parent engagement in a family-based childhood obesity prevention and control program. BMC Public Health. 2023 Mar 8;23(1):457. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15359-7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36890461 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.ibachsd.org

Click here for more information about the San Diego State University investigators at the Institute for Behavioral \& Community Health.

Other Identifiers

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1U18DP003377-03

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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