Promoting Self-Regulation Skills and Healthy Eating Habits in Early Head Start
- Conditions
- Poverty
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Recipe 4 SuccessBehavioral: Usual practice Early Head Start
- Registration Number
- NCT03958214
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a new curriculum on toddlers' self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The curriculum is being delivered as part of Early Head Start home visits and compared to the effectiveness of usual practice Early Head Start home visits.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 244
- Children must be receiving Early Head Start home visits and be at least 2 years old at the beginning of the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Recipe 4 Success Recipe 4 Success For 12 weeks, home visitors will stop delivering the usual practice Early Head Start home visits and deliver the Recipe 4 Success curriculum instead. At the end of 12 weeks, home visitors will resume usual practice Early Head Start home visits. Usual practice Early Head Start Usual practice Early Head Start Home visitors will continue to deliver usual practice Early Head Start home visits that follow a standard curriculum and are tailored on an ongoing basis to meet individual family needs.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in children's self-control skills: Direct testing Baseline / up to 18 months Children's self-control skills will be assessed through direct testing (e.g., snack delay task)
Change in parents' sensitive/responsiveness: Parent ratings Baseline / up to 18 months Parents' sensitive/responsiveness will be assessed through parent ratings on standardized surveys; mean scores reported from 5-point Likert scales with higher scores indicating greater sensitive/responsiveness
Change in children's healthy eating habits: Body mass index Baseline / up to 18 months Healthy eating habits will be assessed through change in body mass index
Change in children's healthy eating habits: Food diaries Baseline / up to 18 months Healthy eating habits will be assessed through change in consumption of fruits/vegetables and junk food, as assessed with 24-hour food diaries
Change in children's healthy eating habits: Parent reports Baseline / up to 18 months Healthy eating habits will be assessed through parent survey of pickiness, etc.; mean scores reported from 5-point Likert scales with higher scores indicating healthier eating habits
Change in children's self-control skills: Video interactions Baseline / up to 18 months Children's self-control skills will be assessed through parent-child interactions, rated on Likert scale from video recordings; mean score reported between 1 = almost never and 5 = almost always
Change in children's self-control skills: Parent ratings Baseline / up to 18 months Children's self-control skills will be assessed through parent ratings on standardized behavior checklists; mean scores reported from 3- or 5-point Likert scales with higher scores indicating greater self-control
Change in parents' sensitive/responsiveness: Video interactions Baseline / up to 18 months Parents' sensitive/responsiveness will be assessed through parent-child interactions, rated on Likert scale from video recordings; mean score reported between 1 = almost never and 5 = almost always
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in children's sleep habits: Parent reports Baseline / up to 18 months Sleep habits will be assessed through parent survey; mean scores reported from 5-point Likert scales with higher scores indicating better sleep habits
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
🇺🇸Madison, Wisconsin, United States