Healthy Growth Abbreviated Pilot Study
Status: | Completed |
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Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - Any |
Updated: | 3/1/2014 |
Start Date: | September 2013 |
End Date: | December 2013 |
Contact: | Alexander G Fiks, MD, MSCE |
Email: | fiks@email.chop.edu |
Phone: | 267-426-2304 |
Abbreviated Pilot Trial of a Peer-Based Social Media Intervention to Promote Healthy Growth During Infancy
This is a single-group feasibility pilot trial of a peer-based, social media intervention to
prevent obesity in infants.
prevent obesity in infants.
This novel intervention, delivered to mothers primarily through private Facebook groups,
will promote behavior change through peer and self-modeling photo/video activities.
In this study, we will implement an abbreviated 2-month version of the intervention with a
single peer group of up to 10 mothers. We will assess the feasibility and acceptability of
both the intervention and our intended outcome measures, in preparation for a randomized
pilot trial of the full intervention.
will promote behavior change through peer and self-modeling photo/video activities.
In this study, we will implement an abbreviated 2-month version of the intervention with a
single peer group of up to 10 mothers. We will assess the feasibility and acceptability of
both the intervention and our intended outcome measures, in preparation for a randomized
pilot trial of the full intervention.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women age 18 years and older
- Enrolled in Medicaid at the time of study enrollment
- Overweight or obese (BMI >= 25, calculated using self-reported pre-pregnancy height
and weight)
- Subjects able to speak, read and write in English
- Attend their infant's (up to 1 month old) primary care visit at a CHOP Primary Care
Network site
- Received prenatal care
- Own a smartphone with both a data and text plan
- Able to use their phone to obtain photographs and videos prior to enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cannot provide consent.
- Non-English speaking.
- Score 10 or greater on Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) measure for clinical
depression
- Diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy with their newborn
- Had a multiple pregnancy.
- Premature delivery (before 37 weeks) of their newborn.
- Have a newborn who was hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for
one week or longer.
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