Parent Mentor Interventions for Early Childhood Obesity
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 2 - 5 |
| Updated: | 2/17/2019 |
| Start Date: | January 1, 2018 |
| End Date: | December 1, 2020 |
| Contact: | Byron Foster, MD, MPH |
| Email: | fosterb@ohsu.edu |
| Phone: | 5034948495 |
The purpose of this clinical trial is to identify the most effective strategy for
intervention to change behaviors and affect weight status in obese children 2-5 years of age
within the context of early childhood education centers.
intervention to change behaviors and affect weight status in obese children 2-5 years of age
within the context of early childhood education centers.
The primary aim is to test an intervention to disseminate and promote the adoption of
positive deviance behaviors among parents of obese Hispanic children using peer mentors. This
trial will evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of this approach in reducing adiposity among
a high-risk population of children.
Our central hypothesis is that children randomized to the intervention with a parent mentor
using positive deviance methods with have a greater reduction in adiposity as measured by
body mass index (BMI) compared with a parent mentor using traditional education or a control
receiving usual education.
positive deviance behaviors among parents of obese Hispanic children using peer mentors. This
trial will evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of this approach in reducing adiposity among
a high-risk population of children.
Our central hypothesis is that children randomized to the intervention with a parent mentor
using positive deviance methods with have a greater reduction in adiposity as measured by
body mass index (BMI) compared with a parent mentor using traditional education or a control
receiving usual education.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 2-5 years of age child, Hispanic ethnicity, attends the Head Start facility
Exclusion Criteria:
- any major medical disorder impairing growth or development
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