Partnering for Prevention: Building Healthy Habits in Underserved Communities
NCT ID: NCT03559907
Last Updated: 2020-01-06
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
53 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-09-05
2019-11-05
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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1. To examine the effects of a combined program (Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP) in comparison to offering each of these programs (Cooking Matters vs. Mealtime PREP) in isolation on child nutrition over time.
2. To explore the effects of each of these programs (Cooking Matters vs. Mealtime PREP) and the combined program (Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP) on parental stress and parent/child interaction over time.
The investigators predict that children in all three arms (Cooking Matters, Mealtime PREP, and Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP) will demonstrate improved nutrition. The investigators also predict that participants who receive the Mealtime PREP intervention will demonstrate better stability of gains over time.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
1. Cooking Matters for Parents
2. Promoting Routines of Exploration and Play during Mealtime (Mealtime PREP)
3. Combined (Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP)
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Cooking Matters for Parents
Trained instructors with a background in nutrition or culinary arts will lead six weekly, two-hour sessions to groups of 10 parent participants at local Family Support Centers.
Cooking Matters for Parents
Cooking Matters for Parents focuses on teaching parents of young children important lessons about self-sufficiency in the kitchen. Participants have the opportunity to practice fundamental lessons including knife skills, reading ingredient labels, cutting up a whole chicken, and making a healthy meal for a family of four on a budget of ten dollars. Each session includes meal preparation, didactic teaching, and sharing the meal as a group. Instructors share their education and experience and discuss how to choose healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables at the grocery store. Each week, adults take home a bag of groceries after each class so they can practice the recipes taught that day.
Mealtime PREP
Trained group leaders with experience in pediatric occupational therapy will lead six weekly, two-hour, Mealtime PREP sessions to groups of 10 parent participants at local Family Support Centers.
Mealtime PREP
Parents are trained to deliver each intervention component during mealtimes using a step-wise, behavioral activation approach. The parent-training prong of the Mealtime PREP intervention incorporates four active ingredients of behavioral activation (1. skills training; 2. goal-setting; 3. activity scheduling; and 4. activity monitoring) to help parents build a family meal routine that is enriched with techniques to promote child food acceptance. Each week, parents will take home healthy groceries to practice making healthy snacks and side dishes in the home.
Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP
Parents will receive both programs in succession. They will attend Cooking Matters for Parents followed by Mealtime PREP. In total, this will equal 12 weekly, two-hour sessions delivered to groups of 10 parent participants at a local Family Support Center.
Cooking Matters for Parents
Cooking Matters for Parents focuses on teaching parents of young children important lessons about self-sufficiency in the kitchen. Participants have the opportunity to practice fundamental lessons including knife skills, reading ingredient labels, cutting up a whole chicken, and making a healthy meal for a family of four on a budget of ten dollars. Each session includes meal preparation, didactic teaching, and sharing the meal as a group. Instructors share their education and experience and discuss how to choose healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables at the grocery store. Each week, adults take home a bag of groceries after each class so they can practice the recipes taught that day.
Mealtime PREP
Parents are trained to deliver each intervention component during mealtimes using a step-wise, behavioral activation approach. The parent-training prong of the Mealtime PREP intervention incorporates four active ingredients of behavioral activation (1. skills training; 2. goal-setting; 3. activity scheduling; and 4. activity monitoring) to help parents build a family meal routine that is enriched with techniques to promote child food acceptance. Each week, parents will take home healthy groceries to practice making healthy snacks and side dishes in the home.
Interventions
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Cooking Matters for Parents
Cooking Matters for Parents focuses on teaching parents of young children important lessons about self-sufficiency in the kitchen. Participants have the opportunity to practice fundamental lessons including knife skills, reading ingredient labels, cutting up a whole chicken, and making a healthy meal for a family of four on a budget of ten dollars. Each session includes meal preparation, didactic teaching, and sharing the meal as a group. Instructors share their education and experience and discuss how to choose healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables at the grocery store. Each week, adults take home a bag of groceries after each class so they can practice the recipes taught that day.
Mealtime PREP
Parents are trained to deliver each intervention component during mealtimes using a step-wise, behavioral activation approach. The parent-training prong of the Mealtime PREP intervention incorporates four active ingredients of behavioral activation (1. skills training; 2. goal-setting; 3. activity scheduling; and 4. activity monitoring) to help parents build a family meal routine that is enriched with techniques to promote child food acceptance. Each week, parents will take home healthy groceries to practice making healthy snacks and side dishes in the home.
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Speaks English
* Willing to participate in 6 or 12 weekly group sessions at local Family Support Center
Exclusion Criteria
1 Year
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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American Occupational Therapy Foundation
OTHER
University of Pittsburgh
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Angela Caldwell
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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Angela Caldwell, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Pittsburgh
Locations
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Countries
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References
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Caldwell AR, Terhorst L, Krall JS, Thum DW, Uman HR, Dodd JL, Haus EE, Bendixen RM. Partnering for prevention in under-resourced communities: a randomized pilot study. Nutr J. 2022 Nov 25;21(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s12937-022-00824-7.
Other Identifiers
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PRO17080038
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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