HomeTech Healthy Lifestyle Program for Mothers With Young Children
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 5/11/2017 |
| Start Date: | January 2014 |
| End Date: | June 1, 2016 |
Home-based & Technology-centered Childhood Obesity Prevention for Mothers With Young Children
About 17% of Chinese American preschool children are obese, compared to 12.4%of all children
from age three to five years residing in the US; the prevalence of obesity is expected to
increase in the future. Therefore, the proposed study will adapt a home-based and
technology-centered childhood obesity prevention program for low-income Chinese American
mothers of children three to five years old. The aims of the study are to assess the
feasibility of the intervention and estimate the effect sizes on children's and mothers'
outcomes.
from age three to five years residing in the US; the prevalence of obesity is expected to
increase in the future. Therefore, the proposed study will adapt a home-based and
technology-centered childhood obesity prevention program for low-income Chinese American
mothers of children three to five years old. The aims of the study are to assess the
feasibility of the intervention and estimate the effect sizes on children's and mothers'
outcomes.
This study aims to adapt and implement a family-centered and technology-based intervention
to prevent obesity in young Chinese American children from low-income families with
overweight mothers. The proposed study framework is based on the Information Motivation
Behavioral Skills Model, which includes the mothers' gained knowledge/information, increased
personal and social motivators, and acquired behavioral skills towards behavioral changes.
The intervention will be developed with a Community Advisory Committee and validated for
cultural appropriateness through a beta-testing process. The validated intervention will be
implemented thereafter. Eligible overweight mothers with young Chinese American children
(ages three to five years) will be recruited from local day care settings, low-income
housing and Head Start programs to participate in the study. Participants will be randomized
into either the intervention (N=15) or control group (N=15). Participants in the
intervention group will receive the 8-week online interactive sessions and activities
delivered through tablet computers. Participants in the control group will receive general
health promotion topics relevant to preschool-age children via mailing materials weekly for
eight weeks.
to prevent obesity in young Chinese American children from low-income families with
overweight mothers. The proposed study framework is based on the Information Motivation
Behavioral Skills Model, which includes the mothers' gained knowledge/information, increased
personal and social motivators, and acquired behavioral skills towards behavioral changes.
The intervention will be developed with a Community Advisory Committee and validated for
cultural appropriateness through a beta-testing process. The validated intervention will be
implemented thereafter. Eligible overweight mothers with young Chinese American children
(ages three to five years) will be recruited from local day care settings, low-income
housing and Head Start programs to participate in the study. Participants will be randomized
into either the intervention (N=15) or control group (N=15). Participants in the
intervention group will receive the 8-week online interactive sessions and activities
delivered through tablet computers. Participants in the control group will receive general
health promotion topics relevant to preschool-age children via mailing materials weekly for
eight weeks.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children:
- must be between ages three and five
- have a mother who identifies her child as Chinese;
- be healthy-defined as free of chronic or acute illness.
- Mothers:
- must identify themselves as Chinese
- the primary provider of the child,
- be able to speak and read Chinese or English;
- with a BMI >= 23.0;
- meet low-income requirements in the Bay Area.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have acute or chronic conditions that prevent performing daily activities
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