Healthy Homes/Healthy Families

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Diseases
• Interventions: Behavioral: Health Education; Behavioral: Healthy Homes/Healthy Families

• Registration Number: NCT01326897
• Lead Sponsor: Emory University

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to learn how to make homes more supportive of healthy eating and physical activity. As part of the study, participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive materials with information on healthy eating and physical activity. The materials will be mailed 3 times over a 5 month period. The other group will work with a coach to make their homes more supportive of healthy eating and physical activity. Working with a coach involves 3 home visits and 4 coaching telephone calls over a 5 month period. This group will also receive materials by mail 4 different times. All participants will be asked to complete 7 telephone interviews over a 1 year period. Participants will also be asked to wear an accelerometer, a small portable device that tracks movement from physical activity, for 7 days at 2 different points in the study.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-02
• Study First Submitted: 2011-03-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-03-30
• Study First Posted: 2011-03-31
• Primary Completion: 2013-07
• Study Completion: 2013-07
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 510

Inclusion Criteria

• Female
• 35-65 years old
• BMI greater than or equal to 25
• Speak English
• Must live with at least one other person
• Live within 30 miles of 1 of 9 clinics referring patients in the study
• Must have no contraindications for physical activity
• Must have no contraindications for participating in a medically unsupervised study

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Exclusion Criteria

• 1 person per household

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Comparison Group	Health Education	Comparison group participants will be given health education materials.
Intervention'	Healthy Homes/Healthy Families	This group will receive the intervention (Healthy Homes/Healthy Families) as described below.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diet & Physical Activity	Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months	Diet and physical activity will be assessed by telephone interviews. Physical activity will also be assessed using accelerometers at baseline and 6 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight	Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months	Self-report weight will be assessed by telephone interview.
Changes in the home physical and social environment	Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months	A home environment survey will be administered by telephone.