Confident and understanding parents: Child nutrition and active play intervention among highly disadvantaged families attending Supported Playgroups

• Conditions: Prevention of childhood overweight and obesity; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Public Health - Health service research; Diet and Nutrition - Obesity

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000969561
• Lead Sponsor: Australian Catholic University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 212

Inclusion Criteria

Parents/carers of young children aged 0 – 4 years attending existing early childhood services (Supported Playgroups).
Enrolment criteria for Supported Playgroups include health care card plus one of the following criteria: single parent family, Indigenous family, young parent family (<25 years), socially isolated, low income, culturally and linguistically diverse background, refugee or asylum seeker background.
All parents, independent of language spoken at home, age, education, and number of children will be eligible to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

NI

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome: <br>Change in parenting self-efficacy around child nutrition and active play. Five-point Likert scale surveys adapted from a validated self-efficacy instrument will be used to assess changes in confidence of parents to promote their child’s healthy eating, limit noncore foods and encourage active play. [Time points of data collection are T1 = Baseline (before group commencement), T2 = post (at conclusion of the intervention 10 weeks after T1) and T3 = follow up (20 weeks after T1). ]