Childhood obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity
Conditions
Interventions
The HENRY Programme trains Early Years Practitioners (suitable for Health Visitors, Midwives, Children’s Centre workers, Nutritionists, Dieticians and Childminders) usually based in Children’s Centres
Sponsors
Institute for Health Research
Flying Start Luton
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents/carers with children under 5 years 2. HENRY trained practitioners/Family Support Workers 3. HENRY operational and project leads 4. Local Authority commissioners
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Persons with no experience of HENRY 2. Persons with no experience of working in the early years sector
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-reported measures pre and post HENRY (8 weeks) and 12 weeks post Programme: 1. Parenting skills (self rated confidence; cooperation and setting limits) 2. Emotional well-being (stress levels) 3. Healthy lifestyle (types of activity, screen time) 4. Healthy eating (eating patterns, cooking) 5. Increased activity (duration) 6. Parent attendance, documented over the 8 week duration of the course and reasons for absence (family issues, illness, change of job, uncomfortable with course or faciliator etc.) coded where possible | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. What went well, less well, what they would do differently, group dynamics, any parents appearing uncomfortable, reviewed by Group Facilitators each session 2. Overall impressions of HENRY including changes observed in parents and any challenges identified, reviewed by facilitators at the end of the Programme 3. Parents' level of enjoyment rated on a likert scale and further comments, collected using an anonymous appraisal at the end of the Programme | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed