Technical Assistance for Child and Adult Care Food Program in Family Child Care Home

NCT ID: NCT03560050

Last Updated: 2020-03-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

49 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-01

Study Completion Date

2019-10-30

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the effect of a nutrition technical assistance training program for family child care home providers on the food they serve young children in their care and the food environment in their home. Half the providers will be assigned to the nutrition program and the other half will receive a comparison on environmental health.

Detailed Description

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Early care and education (ECE) providers play a vital role in ensuring that young children have access to nutritious foods. Over 25% of children in ECE (1.2 million children) attend Family Child Care Homes (FCCH). Improvements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) may introduce new barriers for FCCH, which have limited meal preparation capacity. Limited research has examined foods served by FCCH providers, and no group randomized trials have been conducted using a Community-Based Participatory approach in FCCH and including an evaluation of intervention costs.

Goals: 1. Determine compliance of menus and meals provided in FCCH with CACFP guidelines. 2. Determine the effectiveness of a pilot community-based Nutrition Technical Assistance intervention to enhance meeting CACFP best-practices. 3. Determine the effectiveness of a statewide community-based Nutrition Technical Assistance Intervention to enhance meeting CACFP best-practices. 4. Expand university student opportunities for participation in health research.

Methods: Conduct a cross-sectional assessment of a random sample of FCCH providers' (n=52) menus and meals served. Foods will be evaluated against the CACFP requirements and best-practices. After the cross-sectional examination, providers in the pilot will be randomly assigned to a Nutrition Technical Assistance (n=26) or attention comparison intervention (n=26). Following the pilot, trained Extension Educators will implement both interventions (n=27 intervention, n=27 comparison) in six selected counties, reaching underserved rural and low-income populations. The intervention is based on theoretical foundations and formative interviews, and will consist of two 60-90-minute visits to the FCCH and one group class lasting approximately 3 hours.

Conditions

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Nutrition Poor Health Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized trial where family child care home providers (the participant) are randomized to either nutrition or environmental health technical assistance intervention. Interventions are matched for time and contact
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Behavioral: Nutrition assistance

three encounters with Intervention team over three months: two home-based visits for 90 minutes each scheduled at the convenience of the provider and a 3- hour group class session with other providers.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nutrition assistance

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participating family child care home providers in and around the Oklahoma City (OKC) area will be randomized to either the Nutrition (n=26), or an environmental health comparison group (n=26). Briefly, the Nutrition Technical Assistance Intervention and comparison group will consist of three encounters with the intervention team: two home-based, 90-minute visits scheduled at the convenience of the family child care home provider and a 3-hour group class session that will be conducted on a weekend. Total contact time with intervention staff will be 6 hours. All participants will receive a toolkit. Providers will complete either intervention over a period of three months.

Behavioral: Children's environmental health

three encounters with Intervention team over three months: two home-based visits for 90 minutes each scheduled at the convenience of the provider and a 3- hour group class session with other providers.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Children's environmental health

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participating family child care home providers in and around the OKC area will be randomized to either the Nutrition (n=26), or an environmental health intervention (n=26) that will receive an Integrated Pest Management and Green Cleaning intervention with the same format and visit frequency. Briefly, the Intervention will consist of three encounters with the intervention team: two home-based, 90-minute visits scheduled at the convenience of the family child care home provider and a 3-hour group class session that will be conducted on a weekend. Total contact time with intervention staff will be 6 hours. All participants will receive a toolkit. Providers will complete either intervention over a period of three months.

Interventions

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Nutrition assistance

Participating family child care home providers in and around the Oklahoma City (OKC) area will be randomized to either the Nutrition (n=26), or an environmental health comparison group (n=26). Briefly, the Nutrition Technical Assistance Intervention and comparison group will consist of three encounters with the intervention team: two home-based, 90-minute visits scheduled at the convenience of the family child care home provider and a 3-hour group class session that will be conducted on a weekend. Total contact time with intervention staff will be 6 hours. All participants will receive a toolkit. Providers will complete either intervention over a period of three months.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Children's environmental health

Participating family child care home providers in and around the OKC area will be randomized to either the Nutrition (n=26), or an environmental health intervention (n=26) that will receive an Integrated Pest Management and Green Cleaning intervention with the same format and visit frequency. Briefly, the Intervention will consist of three encounters with the intervention team: two home-based, 90-minute visits scheduled at the convenience of the family child care home provider and a 3-hour group class session that will be conducted on a weekend. Total contact time with intervention staff will be 6 hours. All participants will receive a toolkit. Providers will complete either intervention over a period of three months.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Family child care home providers within 60 minutes of Oklahoma City who participate in the Child and Adults Care Food Program

Exclusion Criteria

* none
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Oklahoma

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Susan B. Sisson

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Susan B Sisson, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Oklahoma

Locations

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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Sisson SB, Leidner J, Hall S, Williams BD, Vesely SK, Poe T, Ward DS, Crosscut C, Hildebrand D, Salvatore AL. Three- and Twelve-Month Changes in Child and Adult Care Food Program Best Practices and Preschool Children's Dietary Intake in Family Child Care Homes after the Happy Healthy Homes Randomized Controlled Trial. Child Obes. 2025 Jul;21(5):476-488. doi: 10.1089/chi.2024.0361. Epub 2025 Mar 10.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40059639 (View on PubMed)

Sisson SB, Eckart E, Williams BD, Patel SM, Kracht CL, Davis HA, Ward DS, Hildebrand D, Stoner JA, Stinner E, Kerr KE, Salvatore A. Family child care home providers' self-reported nutrition and physical activity practices, self-efficacy, barriers and knowledge: baseline findings from happy healthy homes. Public Health Nutr. 2022 Aug;25(8):2111-2124. doi: 10.1017/S1368980022000337. Epub 2022 Feb 7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35125128 (View on PubMed)

Sisson SB, Salvatore AL, Hildebrand D, Poe T, Merchant C, Slawinski M, Kracht CL, Stoner JA, Alcala Lazarte N, Schneider LAF, Weber J, Jones F, Ward D. Interventions to promote healthy environments in family child care homes in Oklahoma-Happy Healthy Homes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2019 Aug 30;20(1):541. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3616-9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31470886 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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7551

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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