Can a Brief Primary Care Intervention Affect Healthy Weight Habits

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Grow Nicely

• Registration Number: NCT01533896
• Lead Sponsor: Vanderbilt University

Brief Summary

Parents should receive anticipatory guidance about obesity prevention as part of the routine well child visit. Educational resources are needed to help physicians routinely provide these important anticipatory guidance messages. In this study, consecutive parents will be exposed to routine anticipatory guidance messages before the well child visit with the physician. After the clinic visit, parents will be invited to participate in a research study to determine if they plan any changes at home. The key research question of this study is: Can a brief multimedia intervention help parents develop plans to help their children have a healthy weight?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Primary Completion: 2010-10
• Study Completion: 2010-10
• Status Verified: 2012-02
• Study First Submitted: 2012-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-02-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-02-14
• Study First Posted: 2012-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 2012-02-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 221

Inclusion Criteria

• English and Spanish speaking parents of 2-12 year old children presenting to the pediatric primary care clinic.

Exclusion Criteria

• Parent does not speak English or Spanish.
• Child presenting for an acute care visit.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Grow Nicely	Grow Nicely	Grow Nicely multimedia program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in healthy weight habits	2 -4 weeks	At the time of the follow up phone call 2-4 weeks post-intervention, parents were asked: "Since the clinic visit have you made any changes to help your child either reach or maintain a healthy weight? "; * Yes "If yes, what changes have you made?"

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vanderbilt University Pediatric Primary Care Clinic; 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States