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Parents Together: Supporting Parents to Promote Healthy Behaviours in Children

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Early Child Development
Child Eating Behaviours
Parenting
Child Nutrition
Interventions
Behavioral: Parents Together parenting course
Registration Number
NCT06389084
Lead Sponsor
The Hospital for Sick Children
Brief Summary

The Parents Together trial aims to determine if the Parents Together program consisting of virtual parent group sessions and coaching calls, will result in better health outcomes for children. The program which is facilitated by a Public Health Nurse seeks to encourage healthy lifestyle behaviours, help build strong family relationships, and promote child development and mental health.

Detailed Description

This study will determine whether an intervention combining group-based parenting skills training and public health nurse coaching calls with a focus on healthy eating behaviours and nutrition, activity and sleep, compared to regular health care will lead to improved eating behaviours, movement behaviours, health and mental health in children aged 2-5 years and their caregivers.

Healthy children will be identified through primary care practices participating in The Applied Reearch Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!). Families who participate in this study will be randomly assigned to one of the two study groups that will run for 6-months:

Group A: Receive 8 weeks of group parenting education sessions and up to 4 public health nurse coaching calls. Group B: Receive regular health care.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
128
Inclusion Criteria

Child enrolled in the The Applied Reearch Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!) cohort study Family is able to participate in English

Exclusion Criteria

Children with a sibling already enrolled in the study Children with severe developmental delay or disability

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention/treatmentParents Together parenting courseOne or two caregivers of each enrolled child will attend an 8-week virtual parent/caregiver education program delivered by a Public Health Nurse. Additionally, the Public Health Nurse will deliver up to 4 individual coaching calls designed to address participant-identified goals related to the group content. The coaching calls will focus on helping to apply the messages and skills from the group sessions and making community connections.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Child eating behaviours6 months post-randomization

Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Child development6 months post-randomization

Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3)

zBMI6 months post-randomization

Measure the difference in age and sex-standardized BMI z-score (zBMI) using child height and weight

Physical activity6 months post-randomization

Parent reported measures of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep duration (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey)

Dietary intake and food environment6 months post-randomization

Parent reported measures of dietary intake, and food environment (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey)

Nutritional risk6 months post-randomization

Nutrition Screeening Tool for Every Preschooler (NutriSTEP)

Social and emotional development6 months post-randomization

Strengths and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ)

sociodemographic, maternal and child characteristics6 months post-randomization

parent self-reported income, maternal education, ethnicity, immigration status, and marital status, questions about parents health, exposures during pregnancy, family medical history (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey)

Waist circumference6 months post-randomization

Measure waist circumference using a tape measure

Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, Sleep Duration6 months post-randomization

Parent reported measures of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep duration (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey)

Family psychosocial health6 months post-randomization

Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

Parenting6 months post-randomization

Parenting Scale

Parenting sense of competence6 months post-randomization

Parenting Sense of Competency Scale-Revised (PSOC-R

Blood pressure6 months post-randomization

Measurement of diastolic and systolic blood pressure in children

Measurement of diastolic and systolic blood pressure in children

Measurement of diastolic and systolic blood pressure in children

Measurement of diastolic and systolic blood pressure in children

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

St. Michaels Hospital Pediatric Outpatient Clinic

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Hospital for Sick Children

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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