Clinical trial NCT01819987: HomeTech Healthy Lifestyle Program for Mothers With Young Children
Official title: Home-based & Technology-centered Childhood Obesity Prevention for Mothers With Young Children
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Overweight
Keywords: Overweight
mother
childhood obesity prevention
Chinese American
Lead sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2013-03-28
Enrollment: 32
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A randomized, controlled study was used. The intervention group received tablet based intervention and the control group received printed health information relevant to preschool-aged children in Chinese over the eight weeks.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: About 17% of Chinese American preschool children are obese, compared to 12.4%of all children from age three to five years residing in the US; the prevalence of obesity is expected to increase in the future. Therefore, the proposed study will adapt a home-based and technology-centered childhood obesity prevention program for low-income Chinese American mothers of children three to five years old. The aims of the study are to assess the feasibility of the intervention and estimate the effect sizes on children's and mothers' outcomes.

Detailed description: This study aims to adapt and implement a family-centered and technology-based intervention to prevent obesity in young Chinese American children from low-income families with overweight mothers. The proposed study framework is based on the Information Motivation Behavioral Skills Model, which includes the mothers' gained knowledge/information, increased personal and social motivators, and acquired behavioral skills towards behavioral changes. The intervention will be developed with a Community Advisory Committee and validated for cultural appropriateness through a beta-testing process. The validated intervention will be implemented thereafter. Eligible overweight mothers with young Chinese American children (ages three to five years) will be recruited from local day care settings, low-income housing and Head Start programs to participate in the study. Participants will be randomized into either the intervention (N=15) or control group (N=15). Participants in the intervention group will receive the 8-week online interactive sessions and activities delivered through tablet computers. Participants in the control group will receive general health promotion topics relevant to preschool-age children via mailing materials weekly for eight weeks.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Children:
* must be between ages three and five
* have a mother who identifies her child as Chinese;
* be healthy-defined as free of chronic or acute illness.
* Mothers:
* must identify themselves as Chinese
* the primary provider of the child,
* be able to speak and read Chinese or English;
* with a BMI \>= 23.0;
* meet low-income requirements in the Bay Area.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have acute or chronic conditions that prevent performing daily activities

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline body mass index at 5 months
timeFrame: Baseline and at 5 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline physical activity at 2 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 2 months
measure: Change from Baseline Sedentary activity at 2 months
timeFrame: baseline and 2 months
measure: Change from Baseline Parental Feeding Practice at 2 months
timeFrame: baseline and 2 months
measure: Change from Baseline Self-efficacy regarding diet and physical activity at 2 months
timeFrame: baseline and 2 months
measure: Change from baseline physical activity level at 5 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 5 months
measure: Change from Baseline Sedentary activity at 5 months
timeFrame: baseline and 5 months
measure: Change from Baseline Parental Feeding Practice at 5 months
timeFrame: baseline and 5 months
measure: Change from Baseline Self-efficacy regarding diet and physical activity at 5 months
timeFrame: baseline and 5 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Francisco
country: United States
facility: University of California San Francisco
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: University of California, San Francisco
name: Jyu-Lin Chen, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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