Healthy Immigrant Families: Working Together To Move More and To Eat Well

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Immigrant Physical Activity and Nutrition
• Interventions: Behavioral: Face-to-face family mentoring and education sessions; Behavioral: Telephone follow-up

• Registration Number: NCT01952808
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

This project will broadly explore the efficacy of community participation in the design and implementation of an intervention to improve physical activity and nutrition among immigrant and refugee (Hispanic, Somali, Sudanese, Cambodian) families in Rochester, Minnesota

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-09
• Study First Submitted: 2013-09-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-09-24
• Study First Posted: 2013-09-30
• Primary Completion: 2014-08
• Study Completion: 2016-05
• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-21
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 151

Inclusion Criteria

• Minimum age of 11 years old
• Reside in a household with at least one adult and one child (11-18)
• Not planning to move from the area over the next two years
• Willing and able to participate in all aspects of the study
• Willingness to provide oral informed consent
• Hispanic, Sudanese, Somali
• Residing in Rochester, MN

Exclusion Criteria

• Self-reported pregnancy
• Self-reported insulin-dependent diabetes
• Self-reported diagnosis of cancer within the past 3 years
• Answer of "yes" to the following question: "Do you know of any reason why you should not do physical activity? For example, would it be unsafe for you to do increased physical activity because of a health problem?"

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention Group	Face-to-face family mentoring and education sessions	Participants randomly assigned to this group will receive the intervention immediately.
Intervention Group	Telephone follow-up	Participants randomly assigned to this group will receive the intervention immediately.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Increased physical activity	Baseline- 24 months	The KAM (Kinetic Activity Monitor) accelerometer will be used for objective physical activity assessment.
Improved dietary quality	Baseline- 24 months	A 24-hour dietary recall will be collected in-person from study participants at baseline and follow-up using the Automated Self-administered 24-hour Recall (ASA24) system.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Rochester; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States