Clinical trial NCT03505658: Abriendo Caminos 2: Clearing the Path to Hispanic Health
Official title: Abriendo Caminos 2: Clearing the Path to Hispanic Health
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obesity
Childhood Obesity
Nutrient; Excess
Community Health Education
Lead sponsor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: California State University, Fresno Foundation
name: Iowa State University
name: University of Houston
name: University of Puerto Rico
First posted: 2018-04-23
Enrollment: 500
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Obesity is significantly higher in specific ethnic groups and, in particular, Hispanics. There is an urgent need to implement culturally-sensitive lifestyle interventions and educational programs to decrease the burden of obesity and obesity-related metabolic diseases in Hispanic populations. Accordingly, our overreaching goal is to tailor an existing and successful community-based program, Abriendo Caminos, to leverage effectiveness in promoting healthy nutrition and life-style behaviors among low income, low literacy Hispanic-heritage families. Our multi-function integrated project proposes to (a) adapt Abriendo Caminos for 6-18 year-old children from Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage in five different locations (California, Illinois, Iowa, Puerto Rico, and Texas) and (b) Train existing professionals (in Extension and community agencies) and future professionals (Hispanic university students) to meet the specific needs of this population. Our central hypothesis is that participation in a 6-week community-based program will prevent childhood obesity/maintain healthy weight by significantly increasing: (a) healthy dietary behavior patterns and basic knowledge of nutrition; (b) physical activity levels; and (c) the organization of collective/shared family mealtimes. The implementation of this culturally sensitive, workshop-based curriculum in different regions across the country will help to train the next generation of professionals in Extension and communities to deliver programs that meet the needs of Hispanic families. The integration of Hispanic college students in program implementation via an experiential learning course will further strengthen the program, as well as increase recruitment and retention of Hispanic students, increasing the capacity of Hispanic communities to meet their own needs in the future.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* a family member being 6-18 years of age
* at least 1 parent being of Hispanic-heritage from Mexican or Puerto Rican origin

Exclusion Criteria:

* no child in the age range of 6-18 years of age
* No parents being of Hispanic-heritage from Mexican or Puerto Rican origin

Primary outcomes:
measure: BMI
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: BMI
timeFrame: 6-month post intervention
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Locations:
city: Fresno
country: United States
facility: California State University
state: California
city: Urbana
country: United States
facility: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
state: Illinois
city: Ames
country: United States
facility: Iowa State University
state: Iowa
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: University of Houston
state: Texas
city: San Juan
country: Puerto Rico
facility: University of Puerto Rico
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