Parent Mentor Interventions for Early Childhood Obesity
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Parent Mentor with Positive DevianceBehavioral: Parent Mentor with Standard Education
- Registration Number
- NCT03330743
- Lead Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this clinical trial is to identify the most effective strategy for intervention to change behaviors and affect weight status in obese children 2-5 years of age within the context of early childhood education centers.
- Detailed Description
The primary aim is to test an intervention to disseminate and promote the adoption of positive deviance behaviors among parents of obese Hispanic children using peer mentors. This trial will evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of this approach in reducing adiposity among a high-risk population of children.
Our central hypothesis is that children randomized to the intervention with a parent mentor using positive deviance methods with have a greater reduction in adiposity as measured by body mass index (BMI) compared with a parent mentor using traditional education or a control receiving usual education.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 188
- 2-5 years of age child, Hispanic ethnicity, attends the Head Start facility
- any major medical disorder impairing growth or development
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Parent Mentor with Positive Deviance Parent Mentor with Positive Deviance - Parent Mentor Parent Mentor with Standard Education -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method BMIz 6 months post-enrollment standardized BMI for age and sex
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-efficacy 6 months post-enrollment Parenting self-efficacy around specific topics
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
OHSU
🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States