Using Grassroots Wellness Coaching to Enhance Reach and Sustainability of Behavioral Weight Management

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Wellness Engagement Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05544708
• Lead Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University

Brief Summary

African American adults that live in economically disadvantaged areas are at an increased risk for obesity and cardiometabolic disease. The treatment program being tested in this research study aims to address these factors and increase outcomes for the study population. The purpose of this research study is to find out about the feasibility and acceptability of using house chats (HC) as a model for a weight loss program in a real-world, community-based setting.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-13
• Study First Posted: 2022-09-16
• Study Start: 2023-05-01
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2025-05-01
• Study Completion: 2025-05-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 and older
• Resident of Petersburg, VA
• Interested in engaging community members in healthy lifestyle changes (e.g., walking, small changes to eating) and willing to engage in these behaviors her/himself

Exclusion Criteria

• A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
• Currently being treated for cancer.
• Medical conditions that may increase risk for participating in unsupervised exercise, if medical clearance is not provided
• Hospitalization for depression or other psychiatric disorder within the past 12 months.
• Lifetime history of bipolar disorder or psychotic disorder.
• Currently pregnant or lactating, or planning to become pregnant within the study period.
• Current involvement in a weight loss program or current use of weight loss medication.
• Inability to speak, read and write English.
• Planning to move from the Petersburg area within the study period.
• Does not have sufficient numbers of individuals in their social network from which to recruit for the proposed study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Wellness Engagement Intervention	Wellness Ambassadors will undergo training to recruit and deliver a lifestyle intervention to members of their social networks. HCL in the intervention group will deliver the intervention immediately following baseline visits and randomization.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility: Participants	18 months	The average number of participants recruited by the HCLs.
Feasibility: Delivery Model	12 weeks	The number of intervention sessions delivered; the number of planned session topics that were covered
Feasibility: House Chat Leaders (HCL)	18 months	The number of house chat leaders successfully recruited, trained, and retained.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability: Attendance	12 weeks	The average number of sessions attended by participants.
Acceptability: Retention	12 weeks	The average number of HCL and participants who are retained in the program

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University; 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States