Dental Caries, Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
Dietary sucrose
Brief summary
This is a pilot randomized clinical trial of a brief educational intervention offered in primary care for Latino parents that promotes healthy beverage consumption by infants and toddlers. The control group will receive an educational intervention that promotes parents reading to children.
Detailed description
To use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to test the efficacy of a primary care-based intervention to promote Bright Futures recommendations for consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice among Latino children ages 6 months to 5 years.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSugar Sweetened Beverage Education
Parents will receive an educational module on beverage just after the conclusion of their child's well visit in a private room adjacent to the clinic
BEHAVIORALReading Education
Parents randomized to control will receive a 25-minute educational module on the importance of reading to children with instruction in interactive reading techniques that are appropriate to the child's age
Sponsors
Academic Pediatric Association
University of California, San Francisco
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Parents self-identify as Latino * Parents speak English or Spanish * Parents have a child between the ages of 6 months and 5 years
Exclusion criteria
* Parents who have participated in group educational sessions on nutrition offered through our obesity clinic or who have been newly referred to obesity clinic * Parents whose child has a chronic condition which affects feeding (such as requiring tube feeds or being on a specialized diet for poor weight gain)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants reporting child's consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) | Baseline | 24-hour recall |
| Number of participants reporting child's consumption of 100% fruit juice in excess of guidelines | Baseline | 24-hour recall |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Servings of SSB and 100% fruit juice in the past 7 days | Baseline | From the 7-day structured beverage frequency questionnaire we will determine the total servings of SSBs and 100% fruit juice consumed over a 7-day period at each time point |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed