Healthy Weights for Children Project (Phase 3)
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 3,400
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in Healthy Eating
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Healthy Together is a program that promotes the achievement and maintenance of healthy weights in children and their families.
Detailed Description
The purpose of the Phase 3 scale up project is to expand the reach and impact of Healthy Together (HT), by supporting the integration of the HT program into core services of organizations serving children (up to 18 years) and families, particularly those from under-served populations across diverse communities and settings in Canada. The HT program offers a flexible, effective, integrated approach, relevant to multiple contexts, creating potential to become a sustainable approach to promoting healthier weights in Canadian children. The objectives of the evaluation for Phase 3 are to:
- Describe the effectiveness of the HT program in relation to knowledge, attitude and behavior change at the individual, family, and community level.
- Monitor quality and sustainability of HT, when offered as part of core service by organizations to meet diverse community needs and cultural contexts.
- Create an effective knowledge mobilization framework to increase practice and policy influence of HT, in collaboration with regional, provincial and national networks.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- •Family members who have not participated in any of the HT sessions offered as part of on-going services provided by the partner organization.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in Healthy Eating
Time Frame: At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions)
Self-reported changes in eating behavior because of participation in the HT program using validated survey questions
Changes in Physical Activity Behaviour
Time Frame: At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions)
Godin Physical Activity Leisure Time Questionnaire
Secondary Outcomes
- Knowledge of healthy diet and physical activity behaviors(At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions))
Investigators
Joan Bottorff
Professor
University of British Columbia