Family-centered Obesity Prevention: Communities for Healthy Living (CHL)
NCT ID: NCT03334669
Last Updated: 2025-09-29
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Basic Information
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TERMINATED
NA
4999 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-10-01
2019-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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In response, the researchers have partnered with Head Start to develop and test a new approach to family-centered childhood obesity prevention that addresses family engagement upfront. The CHL program will be refined and rigorously tested for efficacy in collaboration with Head Start programs in the greater Boston area, which collectively serve over 2000 low-income children each year. Building on a previous pilot study, the investigators will broaden the parent-centered Community Based Participatory Research approach and include Head Start staff in the decision making and implementation process, refine intervention components, and expand technical assistance protocols to support Head Start ownership of CHL while ensuring implementation fidelity. In addition, consistent with the overarching theoretical framework (Family Ecological Model), neighborhood-level socioeconomic, food and physical activity environments around family homes and examine their impact on intervention outcomes will be measured to inform future scale up efforts.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
CROSSOVER
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention
Sites randomized to the intervention group will receive the following:
1. Parents Connect for Healthy Living (PConnect)
2. Enhanced Nutrition Support
3. Media Resources
Parents Connect for Healthy Living (PConnect)
Parents Connect for Healthy Living (PConnect) parent curriculum: This 10-week program (20 hours total) engages Head Start parents in a wide range of topics related to health and empowerment and is designed to foster a safe, open forum through which parents can connect with other parents and mobilize resources to support their family's health; NOTE: The PConnect program was not implemented in 2019-2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020-2021, PConnect was implemented virtually; these are pilot data and not part of the main trial.
Enhanced Nutrition Support
Enhanced Nutrition Support: Existing nutrition resources within Head Start (e.g., Biannual child health letters) are expanded and improved to ensure parents are aware of their child's weight status and are linked with age-appropriate weight management services if their child has overweight or obesity. NOTE: Enhanced nutrition support was not implemented in spring 2020 due to the pandemic. In 2020-2021, it was moved to a virtual format in what will be a pilot virtual trial.
Media Resources
Media Resources: Print and online resources that employ consistent messaging to reach parents and ensure that behavior change messages are accessible to families. NOTE: Due to the pandemic, media resources were not shared in spring 2020. They were implemented in virtual format in 2020-2021 in a pilot virtual trial.
Control
Control sites will not receive any intervention components (i.e., standard practice).
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Parents Connect for Healthy Living (PConnect)
Parents Connect for Healthy Living (PConnect) parent curriculum: This 10-week program (20 hours total) engages Head Start parents in a wide range of topics related to health and empowerment and is designed to foster a safe, open forum through which parents can connect with other parents and mobilize resources to support their family's health; NOTE: The PConnect program was not implemented in 2019-2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020-2021, PConnect was implemented virtually; these are pilot data and not part of the main trial.
Enhanced Nutrition Support
Enhanced Nutrition Support: Existing nutrition resources within Head Start (e.g., Biannual child health letters) are expanded and improved to ensure parents are aware of their child's weight status and are linked with age-appropriate weight management services if their child has overweight or obesity. NOTE: Enhanced nutrition support was not implemented in spring 2020 due to the pandemic. In 2020-2021, it was moved to a virtual format in what will be a pilot virtual trial.
Media Resources
Media Resources: Print and online resources that employ consistent messaging to reach parents and ensure that behavior change messages are accessible to families. NOTE: Due to the pandemic, media resources were not shared in spring 2020. They were implemented in virtual format in 2020-2021 in a pilot virtual trial.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Age 33 months to 5 years (i.e., meets Head Start age eligibility criteria)
Exclusion:
Secondary Outcome Measures
Inclusion:
* Enrolled in a participating Head Start program
* Age 33 months to 5 years
Exclusion:
* Children not enrolled at a participating Head Start program
* Children less than 29 months or older than 59 months by Sept 1
3 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Action for Boston Community Development
OTHER
Community Action Agency of Somerville
UNKNOWN
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
OTHER
University at Albany
OTHER
Massachusetts General Hospital
OTHER
Boston College
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Kirsten
Donahue and DiFelice Professor of Social Work
Principal Investigators
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Kirsten Davison, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Boston College
Locations
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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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15-3559
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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