Clinical trial NCT06926907: Development and Evaluation of the T.E.A.C.H. Study: A Randomized Control Trial
Official title: Development and Evaluation of the T.E.A.C.H. Study: A Randomized Control Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Child Obesity
Keywords: Teacher intervention
Montessori schools
Obesity Prevention
Nutrition education
Randomized control trial
Lead sponsor: Florida International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-15
Enrollment: 95
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study employed a cluster randomized waitlist control design.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Using a randomized control design, this study seeks to develop and evaluate a nutrition intervention to increase Montessori teachers' nutrition knowledge, nutrition self-efficacy, nutrition teaching self-efficacy and cultural food competence to improve teachers' eating behaviors, nutrition teaching practices, classroom food practices, and teacher-parent communication. This study will examine the feasibility and efficacy of a nutrition intervention for teachers which will include a nutrition education program via an online platform and hands-on Montessori-based curriculum to teach nutrition in the classroom. Teachers from multiple schools will be recruited using the public national Montessori listserv. This study will enhance teachers' nutrition knowledge which may increase their nutrition teaching practices and improve their personal nutrition habits. Improving teachers' personal and classroom nutrition practices may improve teachers' personal health outcomes and may positively impact their students through modeling of healthy behaviors and improving the classroom food environment.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Teachers were considered eligible to participate in the study if they taught in early childhood classrooms (students 3 to 6 years old), were ≥ 18 years old, and had access to an electronic device with internet connection and audiovisual capabilities.

Exclusion Criteria:

Teachers were deemed ineligible to participate if they were not fluent in English (written \& verbal) or had plans to leave their place of employment during the study timeframe

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in the mean Nutrition Knowledge at 12 week follow-up
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the 12 week follow-up.
measure: Change from Baseline in the mean Nutrition Self-efficacy at 12 week follow-up
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the 12 week follow-up.
measure: Change from Baseline in the mean Nutrition teaching self-efficacy at 12 week follow-up
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the 12 week follow-up.
measure: Change from Baseline in the mean cultural competence at 12 week follow-up
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the 12 week follow-up.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in the mean classroom eating behaviors at 12 week follow-up
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the 12 week follow-up.
measure: Change from Baseline in the mean classroom food practices at 12 week follow-up
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the 12 week follow-up.
measure: Change from Baseline in the mean nutrition teaching practices at 12 week follow-up
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the 12 week follow-up.
measure: Change from Baseline in the mean teacher-parent nutrition communication at 12 week follow-up
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the 12 week follow-up.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Miami
country: United States
facility: Florida International University
state: Florida
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