Promoting Self-Regulation Skills and Healthy Eating Habits in Early Head Start

NCT ID: NCT03958214

Last Updated: 2020-02-27

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

244 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-08

Study Completion Date

2020-01-20

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a new curriculum on toddlers' self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The curriculum is being delivered as part of Early Head Start home visits and compared to the effectiveness of usual practice Early Head Start home visits.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Poverty

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Families are blocked within home visitor caseload and randomly assigned to receive the new curriculum or usual practice Early Head Start home visits for 12 weeks.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
All interviews are conducted by research assistants who are blind to study condition.

Study Groups

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Recipe 4 Success

For 12 weeks, home visitors will stop delivering the usual practice Early Head Start home visits and deliver the Recipe 4 Success curriculum instead. At the end of 12 weeks, home visitors will resume usual practice Early Head Start home visits.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Recipe 4 Success

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Home visitors teach parents about children's self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The home visitors then teach parents how to sensitively scaffold the development of their toddlers' self-regulation skills in the context of cooking and snack preparation lessons. Prior research shows that self-regulation skills in early childhood predict long-term health indicators, such as BMI. Prior research also shows that children who are involved in the preparation of healthier foods are more likely to eat them.

Usual practice Early Head Start

Home visitors will continue to deliver usual practice Early Head Start home visits that follow a standard curriculum and are tailored on an ongoing basis to meet individual family needs.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual practice Early Head Start

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Home visitors will continue to deliver usual practice Early Head Start home visits that follow a standard curriculum and are tailored on an ongoing basis to meet individual family needs.

Interventions

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Recipe 4 Success

Home visitors teach parents about children's self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The home visitors then teach parents how to sensitively scaffold the development of their toddlers' self-regulation skills in the context of cooking and snack preparation lessons. Prior research shows that self-regulation skills in early childhood predict long-term health indicators, such as BMI. Prior research also shows that children who are involved in the preparation of healthier foods are more likely to eat them.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual practice Early Head Start

Home visitors will continue to deliver usual practice Early Head Start home visits that follow a standard curriculum and are tailored on an ongoing basis to meet individual family needs.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children must be receiving Early Head Start home visits and be at least 2 years old at the beginning of the study.

Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

3 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Penn State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert Nix, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Locations

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Engbretson AM, Nix RL, Park YR, Gill S, Hostetler ML. Elaboration of parents' schemas of their children: Unique relations to sensitivity and learning support among families living in poverty. J Fam Psychol. 2023 Apr;37(3):318-323. doi: 10.1037/fam0001048. Epub 2023 Jan 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36595449 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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A271000

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

SOHE/SOHE/SOHE*ADMIN

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2016-0465

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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