Health Behavior
Conditions
Keywords
Online program, Informational material, Surveys, Eating activity, Sleep, Health behaviors, Body mass index
Brief summary
This study will evaluate the effects of two different approaches to support healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines: A parent leader-guided online program that promotes parent and child self-regulation as a means to improve healthy family routines versus an asynchronous program that provides parents information about healthy family routines. Families will be randomly assigned to either of these programs and changes in parent and child outcomes will be evaluated.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALOnline program
Families in Balance Online is a 6-week online program that includes 6 weekly group discussions and 3 individual support sessions, all held over Zoom. Program activities will focus on improving parent and child self-regulation as a means to encourage healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines. Participants will engage in in person and online data collection activities to understand whether the program is impactful.
BEHAVIORALControl Condition
Families in Balance is an asynchronous program in which participants will be sent materials weekly over 6 weeks to encourage healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines. Participants will engage in in person and online data collection activities to understand whether the program is impactful.
Sponsors
University of Michigan
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
About 150 adults and 150 children will take part in the study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Parents must be the legal and custodial guardian of a 2 through 5-year-old child * Parents must report that their child is eligible for public health insurance * Parents must be able to complete the study activities in English * Parents must be able to complete study activities at a study location or at home, and online/via Zoom.
Exclusion criteria
\- Children must not have serious medical problems that affect weight, sleep, activity, or eating.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child age and sex-adjusted Body Mass Index (BMI) | Base line (pre-intervention) and approximately 5 months | Differences in age- and sex-adjusted body mass index (BMI) among children of parents randomized to Families in Balance Online compared to children of parents randomized to Families in Balance at follow-up. Children's weight and height will be used to calculate BMI and measured using standardized protocols at baseline and follow-up. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child sleep duration | Base line (pre-intervention) and approximately 5 months | This will be reported in minutes using data from surveys completed by parents. |
| Child daily screentime | Base line (pre-intervention) and approximately 5 months | This will be reported in minutes using data from surveys completed by parents. |
| Child intake of key food groups | Base line (pre-intervention) and approximately 5 months | This will be measured using a parent-completed 25-item dietary screener assessing intake of key foods/food groups (e.g., fruits and vegetables, sugar-sweetened beverages) |
| Child sleep routines | Base line (pre-intervention) and approximately 5 months | This will be measured through parent completion of the Child Sleep Hygiene Scale which assesses 6 aspects of children's sleep/bedtime routines. |
| Child screentime limits | Base line (pre-intervention) and approximately 5 months | This will be measured through parent completion of survey items measuring parents' limit setting with respect to screentime. |
| Family meal frequency | Base line (pre-intervention) and approximately 5 months | This will be measured through parents' completion of survey items assessing the frequency with which families ate meals together. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTMichelle Clayson
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORKatherine Bauer, PhD
University of Michigan
Outcome results
None listed