Healthy Growth Abbreviated Pilot Study



Status:Completed
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

Use our guide to learn which trials are right for you!

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.

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.

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.
We found this trial at
1
site
South 34th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
 215-590-1000
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Since its start in 1855 as the nation's first hospital devoted...
?
mi
from
Philadelphia, PA
Click here to add this to my saved trials