Home Plate: A Trial to Improve Home Food Preparation Practices Among Parents of Toddlers

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

115 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-06-30

Study Completion Date

2017-07-13

Brief Summary

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This study aims to test the effectiveness of a community-based, peer-mentored intervention to improve home food preparation practices in families with young children.

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Detailed Description

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Barriers to healthy eating and active living are at the heart of the obesity epidemic. This study focuses on a key factor underlying healthy eating: home food preparation. This study aims to test the effectiveness of a community-based, peer-mentored intervention to improve home food preparation practices in families with young children. The investigators will partner with community-based organizations serving families with children ages 1 to 3 years in West Philadelphia aiming specifically to:

1. Test the intervention's effect on diet and physical health.

Hypothesis 1: The intervention group will have improved home food preparation practices and a healthier diet compared to the control group.
2. Test the intervention's effect on family health.

Hypothesis 2: The intervention group will report improved parenting skills and more hopeful patterns of thinking.
3. Identify factors present at baseline and during engagement with the intervention that distinguish intervention participants who have improved diet, physical health, and family health from those who do not.

Conditions

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Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Behavioral: Home Plate intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Home Plate

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Home Plate is a community-based, peer mentored intervention aimed at improving home food preparation practices in families with young children. Through 6 classes, this intervention explores topics related to regularly preparing healthy foods at home.

Delayed Entry Control

This Arm will receive the Home Plate intervention 3 months after the Intervention Arm completes the intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Home Plate

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Home Plate is a community-based, peer mentored intervention aimed at improving home food preparation practices in families with young children. Through 6 classes, this intervention explores topics related to regularly preparing healthy foods at home.

Interventions

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Home Plate

Home Plate is a community-based, peer mentored intervention aimed at improving home food preparation practices in families with young children. Through 6 classes, this intervention explores topics related to regularly preparing healthy foods at home.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. English-speaking
2. Able to give informed consent.
3. Legal guardian and caregiver of at least one child, age 1-3 years

1. 1-3 year old children of mentee primary caregivers enrolled in the study
2. If a mentee caregiver has more than one child, then all their eligible children (ages 1-3 years) will be enrolled in the study.

In addition,
2. The study team will decide which participants will be invited to be peer mentors, based on attributes including interest, leadership ability, and home food preparation skills.

2. Caregivers who are pregnant at the time of enrollment.
3. Caregivers or children with a medical condition that significantly affects their diet or eating habits. (The study team will ask during the time of recruitment if subjects or their children have a medical condition that significantly affects diet or eating habits.)
4. Subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be unable to participate in the study schedules or procedures.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No