Clinical trial NCT02751775: Physical Activity and Screen-Time Regulations in Childcare Centers - Aim 3
Official title: Physical Activity and Screen-Time Regulations in Childcare Centers: Influence on Young Children's Health Behaviors (Pause & Play) - Aim 3
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Childhood Obesity
Keywords: Childcare center regulations
Physical Activity
Sedentary Behavior
Screen-Time Behavior
Focus groups
Lead sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
First posted: 2016-04-26
Enrollment: 28
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The population will include parents and childcare directors.

Brief summary: The objective is to establish community priorities for strategies to improve young children's health behaviors based on focus groups of stakeholders in the greater Baton Rouge area.

Detailed description: Pause and Play (Aim 3) objective will be achieved through a series of taskforce and focus group meetings administered by the Mayor's Healthy City Initiative (MHCI). Meetings will include monthly meetings of the MHCI advisory boards composed of community stakeholders and focus groups of childcare center directors and parents. Stakeholders will create dissemination and implementation plans to leverage the findings of the project. We plan to conduct 2-3 focus groups of 8-10 parents and childcare directors, for a total of 16-30 participants. Participation in the focus group part of the study will last approximately 1 day.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Either a director of a licensed childcare center in East Baton Rouge Parish OR a legal guardian and/or primary caretaker of a child aged 3 to 5 years who is enrolled in a licensed childcare center
* Able to understand and speak English
* Willing to be audio-taped during the focus group (for transcription purposes)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Being affiliated with 1 of the 10 childcare centers being assessed for Pause and Play Aims 1 or 2, either as a director/teacher or as a parent of a student
* Cognitive impairments that interfere with participation in a group discussion

Primary outcomes:
measure: Qualitative Concepts, Themes and Quotes of focus group participants
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baton Rouge
country: United States
facility: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
state: Louisiana
Study officials:
affiliation: PBRC Assistant Professor
name: Amanda E Staiano, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Joseph ED, Kracht CL, St Romain J, Allen AT, Barbaree C, Martin CK, Staiano AE. Young Children's Screen Time and Physical Activity: Perspectives of Parents and Early Care and Education Center Providers. Glob Pediatr Health. 2019 Jul 24;6:2333794X19865856. doi: 10.1177/2333794X19865856. eCollection 2019.
citation: Staiano AE, Allen AT, Fowler W, Gustat J, Kepper MM, Lewis L, Martin CK, Romain JS, Webster EK. State Licensing Regulations on Screen Time in Childcare Centers: An Impetus for Participatory Action Research. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2018;12(1S):101-109. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2018.0025.
citation: Kracht CL, Webster EK, Staiano AE. A natural experiment of state-level physical activity and screen-time policy changes early childhood education (ECE) centers and child physical activity. BMC Public Health. 2020 Mar 24;20(1):387. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08533-8.
citation: Webster EK, Martin CK, Staiano AE. Fundamental motor skills, screen-time, and physical activity in preschoolers. J Sport Health Sci. 2019 Mar;8(2):114-121. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2018.11.006. Epub 2018 Nov 24.
citation: Staiano AE, Webster EK, Allen AT, Jarrell AR, Martin CK. Screen-Time Policies and Practices in Early Care and Education Centers in Relationship to Child Physical Activity. Child Obes. 2018 Aug/Sep;14(6):341-348. doi: 10.1089/chi.2018.0078.
citation: Martins, C., Webster, E. K., Bandeira, P. F. R., & Staiano, A. E. (2022). Identifying Fundamental Motor Skills Building Blocks in Preschool Children From Brazil and the United States: A Network Analysis. Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 10(1), 96-115. Retrieved Mar 27, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2021-0022
citation: Kracht CL, Webster EK, Staiano AE. Relationship between the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and fundamental motor skills in preschoolers. J Sci Med Sport. 2020 Dec;23(12):1185-1190. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.06.021. Epub 2020 Jul 5.
citation: Kracht CL, Webster EK, Staiano AE. Sociodemographic Differences in Young Children Meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines. J Phys Act Health. 2019 Oct 1;16(10):908-915. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2019-0018. Epub 2019 Sep 6.