Child Eating Behaviours, Child Nutrition, Early Child Development, Parenting
Conditions
Keywords
child eating behaviours, child nutrition, parenting, early child development
Brief summary
The Parents Together trial aims to determine if the Parents Together program consisting of virtual parent group sessions and coaching calls, will result in better health outcomes for children. The program which is facilitated by a Public Health Nurse seeks to encourage healthy lifestyle behaviours, help build strong family relationships, and promote child development and mental health.
Detailed description
This study will determine whether an intervention combining group-based parenting skills training and public health nurse coaching calls with a focus on healthy eating behaviours and nutrition, activity and sleep, compared to regular health care will lead to improved eating behaviours, movement behaviours, health and mental health in children aged 2-5 years and their caregivers. Healthy children will be identified through primary care practices participating in The Applied Reearch Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!). Families who participate in this study will be randomly assigned to one of the two study groups that will run for 6-months: Group A: Receive 8 weeks of group parenting education sessions and up to 4 public health nurse coaching calls. Group B: Receive regular health care.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALParents Together parenting course
parenting course and coaching calls
Sponsors
The Hospital for Sick Children
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Randomized control trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to 5 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Child enrolled in the The Applied Reearch Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!) cohort study Family is able to participate in English
Exclusion criteria
Children with a sibling already enrolled in the study Children with severe developmental delay or disability
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child eating behaviours | 6 months post-randomization | Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dietary intake and food environment | 6 months post-randomization | Parent reported measures of dietary intake, and food environment (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey) |
| Nutritional risk | 6 months post-randomization | Nutrition Screeening Tool for Every Preschooler (NutriSTEP) |
| Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, Sleep Duration | 6 months post-randomization | Parent reported measures of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep duration (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey) |
| Physical activity | 6 months post-randomization | Parent reported measures of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep duration (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey) |
| Social and emotional development | 6 months post-randomization | Strengths and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ) |
| Child development | 6 months post-randomization | Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3) |
| Blood pressure | 6 months post-randomization | Measurement of diastolic and systolic blood pressure in children Measurement of diastolic and systolic blood pressure in children Measurement of diastolic and systolic blood pressure in children Measurement of diastolic and systolic blood pressure in children |
| Parenting | 6 months post-randomization | Parenting Scale |
| Parenting sense of competence | 6 months post-randomization | Parenting Sense of Competency Scale-Revised (PSOC-R |
| sociodemographic, maternal and child characteristics | 6 months post-randomization | parent self-reported income, maternal education, ethnicity, immigration status, and marital status, questions about parents health, exposures during pregnancy, family medical history (based on the Canadian Community Health Survey) |
| zBMI | 6 months post-randomization | Measure the difference in age and sex-standardized BMI z-score (zBMI) using child height and weight |
| Waist circumference | 6 months post-randomization | Measure waist circumference using a tape measure |
| Family psychosocial health | 6 months post-randomization | Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
Primary ContactCatherine Birken, MD, MSc
Backup ContactMichelle Mitchell
Outcome results
None listed