Parents Together: Supporting Parents to Promote Healthy Behaviours in Children
- Conditions
- Early Child DevelopmentChild Eating BehavioursParentingChild 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
Child enrolled in the The Applied Reearch Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!) cohort study Family is able to participate in English
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
Group Intervention Description Intervention/treatment Parents Together parenting course One 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
Name Time Method Child eating behaviours 6 months post-randomization Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Child development 6 months post-randomization Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3)
zBMI 6 months post-randomization Measure the difference in age and sex-standardized BMI z-score (zBMI) using child height and weight
Physical activity 6 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 environment 6 months post-randomization Parent reported measures of dietary intake, and food environment (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey)
Nutritional risk 6 months post-randomization Nutrition Screeening Tool for Every Preschooler (NutriSTEP)
Social and emotional development 6 months post-randomization Strengths and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ)
sociodemographic, maternal and child characteristics 6 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 circumference 6 months post-randomization Measure waist circumference using a tape measure
Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, Sleep Duration 6 months post-randomization Parent reported measures of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep duration (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey)
Family psychosocial health 6 months post-randomization Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Parenting 6 months post-randomization Parenting Scale
Parenting sense of competence 6 months post-randomization Parenting Sense of Competency Scale-Revised (PSOC-R
Blood pressure 6 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
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Hospital for Sick Children
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada