Evaluation of the Healthy Apple Program in San Francisco

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This randomized controlled trial uses administrative public health screening data to test whether the Healthy Apple program (HAP), designed to support local implementation of national Let's Move! Child Care guidelines in San Francisco (SF), improves child care center nutrition and physical activity practices and child weight change.

Detailed Description
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In the USA, First Lady Michelle Obama started a nationwide child care initiative called 'Let's Move! Child Care' which aims to improve nutrition and physical activity practices in child care centers to promote healthy weight for children ages 0-5y. The San Francisco Child Care Wellness Collaborative, including the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and SF Children's Council, developed a citywide Healthy Apple Program (HAP) to support local implementation of the Let's Move! initiative. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDH) has an existing Child Care Health Program (CCHP) which provides nurse consultation and health education materials for child care centers and annual health screenings for children. The aim of this analysis is to see whether child care centers offered the HAP in addition to usual CCHP services can improve child care center nutrition and physical activity practices and child weight change better than usual CCHP services alone.

Official Title
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Evaluation of the Healthy Apple Program to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices and Child Weight Change in Child Care Centers in San Francisco

Conditions
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Childhood Obesity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Usual services + HAP
* Behavioral: Usual services


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Child care center received nutrition screening services from the SFDPH Child Care Health Program in 2011-2012. Exclusion Criteria: Child care center declines CCHP services in 2012-2015. Child care center is ineligible for CCHP services (based on funding source) Child care center is closed or not serving children Child or family decline the voluntary services

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 2 Years
Maximum Age: 5 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Usual Services<br>This group of child care centers receives standard services from the San Francisco Department of Public Health Child Care Health Program. CCHP offers services to child care centers annually. The standard services include nurse consultation, health education, monitoring of nutrition and physical activity resource need, vision, hearing, oral health, and height and weight screenings. | Behavioral: Usual services<br>* Control condition<br>|
| Experimental: Usual services + HAP<br>This group of child care centers receives all the standard services plus invitation to participate in the voluntary Healthy Apple Program (HAP). The Healthy Apple program involves child care provider self-assessment, followed by an iterative process of goal setting, technical assistance/training, and re-assessment. | Behavioral: Usual services + HAP<br>* The HAP process includes child care center providers completing a self-assessment(s), setting improvement goals, receiving technical assistance materials, attending topic-specific workshops, improving best practices, re-self-assessment and qualification for a HAP award.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BMI percentile change | Annually, child BMI percentile is measured in Fall and about 6 months later in Spring. | Fall to Spring (about 6 months) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Incident overweight or obesity | New cases of overweight or obesity that developed between the Fall and Spring screening during the school year. % of children who are normal weight in Fall who become overweight or obese by Spring. | 6 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Water, Physical activity, Child care, Weight change