Healthy Kids+ Program for Health Behaviors in Children
Recruiting in Palo Alto (17 mi)
+1 other location
Age: < 18
Sex: Any
Travel: May Be Covered
Time Reimbursement: Varies
Trial Phase: Academic
Recruiting
Sponsor: New Mexico State University
Disqualifiers: Not enrolled in program
No Placebo Group
Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?The study will test the effectiveness and examine the sustained effects of weekly programming on enhancing (1) lifestyle behaviors (physical activity, dietary intake, use of technology, amount of sleep), (2) self-efficacy, (3) self-esteem, and (4) readiness to change among children ages 8-11 years.
Do I have to stop taking my current medications for the trial?
The trial protocol does not specify whether you need to stop taking your current medications.
What data supports the idea that Healthy Kids+ Program for Health Behaviors in Children is an effective treatment?
The available research shows that similar programs focusing on improving children's nutrition and physical activity have been effective. For example, a 3-year school-based intervention in rural, low-socioeconomic status elementary schools significantly improved children's health behaviors. The percentage of children meeting nutrition recommendations increased from 11% to 23% for girls and 12% to 23% for boys. Physical activity recommendations were met by 16% of girls and 7% of boys, up from 1% and 3%, respectively. This suggests that programs like Healthy Kids+ can effectively promote healthier behaviors in children.
12345What safety data exists for the Healthy Kids+ treatment?
The provided research does not directly mention safety data for the Healthy Kids+ program. However, similar programs like Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2) and Healthy Homes/Healthy Kids Preschool (HHHK-Preschool) focus on obesity prevention through nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare settings. These studies emphasize the importance of parental involvement and culturally sensitive strategies, but they do not provide specific safety data for the interventions.
678910Is the Healthy Kids+ treatment a promising treatment for improving health behaviors in children?
Yes, the Healthy Kids+ treatment is promising because it focuses on improving physical activity and nutrition in children, which can lead to better fitness, healthier eating habits, and reduced risk of lifestyle-related diseases.
1112131415Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for children aged 8-11 years who are enrolled in the after-school program at certain locations. It's not open to kids who aren't part of these programs.Inclusion Criteria
Children ages 8-11 years enrolled in the after-school program at the selected sites.
Exclusion Criteria
Children not enrolled in the after-school program at the selected sites.
Trial Timeline
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
2-4 weeks
Treatment
Participants engage in the Healthy Kids+ program three times a week for 30 weeks, focusing on lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity, dietary intake, and sleep
30 weeks
3 sessions per week
Midyear Assessment
A midyear assessment is conducted to evaluate progress in lifestyle behaviors and psychosocial variables
1 week
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for sustained effects on lifestyle behaviors and psychosocial outcomes after the program
4 weeks
Participant Groups
The 'Healthy Kids+' initiative is being tested to see if its weekly activities can improve lifestyle habits, self-confidence, and readiness for change in young children.
1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Healthy Kids +Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Three times a week for 30 weeks with each session lasting 1 hour.
Find a Clinic Near You
Research Locations NearbySelect from list below to view details:
University Hills ElementaryLas Cruces, NM
Loma Heights Elementary SchoolLas Cruces, NM
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
New Mexico State UniversityLead Sponsor
Fred HutchCollaborator
References
Family, community and clinic collaboration to treat overweight and obese children: Stanford GOALS-A randomized controlled trial of a three-year, multi-component, multi-level, multi-setting intervention. [2022]To test the effects of a three-year, community-based, multi-component, multi-level, multi-setting (MMM) approach for treating overweight and obese children.
Results of a 3-year, nutrition and physical activity intervention for children in rural, low-socioeconomic status elementary schools. [2022]Improving children's nutrition and physical activity have become priorities in the United States. This quasi-experimental study evaluated the longitudinal effects of a 3-year, school-based, health promotion intervention (i.e. nutrition and physical education, classroom physical activity, professional development and health promotion for teachers and families, and strengthening wellness policies and family/community partnerships) on children's health behaviors in four, rural, low-socioeconomic status elementary schools. A total of 999 kindergarten to third-grade children participated in data collection consisting of 4-day pedometer tracking and previous-day fruits and vegetables consumption recall from baseline in January, 2011 through 12 follow-up assessments ending May, 2013. The mixed-effects regression models showed that children's nutrition and physical activity behaviors significantly improved over the 3-year intervention. The percentages of children who met the nutrition recommendation increased from 11 to 23% for girls and 12 to 23% for boys, while the percent who met the physical activity recommendation increased from 1 to 16% for girls and 3 to 7% for boys. Further, children's age and their school impacted certain intervention effects. This school-based intervention could be disseminated to promote healthy behaviors among rural disadvantaged children. Engaging parents and community partnerships is recommended to expand the traditional, children-focused education interventions.
IMplementation and evaluation of the school-based family support PRogram a Healthy School Start to promote child health and prevent OVErweight and obesity (IMPROVE) - study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial. [2021]IMPROVE aims to conduct a hybrid type 3 evaluation design to test the effectiveness of bundled implementation strategies on intervention fidelity of the Healthy School Start (HSS) program, while simultaneously monitoring effects on health outcomes of children and parents. The HSS is a 4-component family support program for children starting school (5-7 years of age) promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity in the home environment to prevent childhood obesity and parents' risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Promoting physical activity and a healthful diet among children: results of a school-based intervention study. [2019]National health objectives call for improved diet and more regular physical activity among children. We tested the effects of a school-based program to improve students' diet and physical activity behavior at school.
Impact of "JolinchenKids-Fit and Healthy in Daycare" on Children's Objectively Measured Physical Activity: A Cluster-Controlled Study. [2023]To evaluate a multicomponent health promotion program targeting preschoolers' physical activity (PA).
Cluster-randomised trial of the impact of an obesity prevention intervention on childcare centre nutrition and physical activity environment over 2 years. [2023]The prevalence of obesity among pre-school-aged children in the USA remains unacceptably high. Here, we examine the impact of Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2) Phase 2, a childcare centre (CCC)-based obesity prevention intervention on changes in the CCC nutrition and physical activity environment over 2 school years.
Pediatric Primary Care-Based Obesity Prevention for Parents of Preschool Children: A Pilot Study. [2018]The Healthy Homes/Healthy Kids Preschool (HHHK-Preschool) pilot program is an obesity prevention intervention integrating pediatric care provider counseling and a phone-based program to prevent unhealthy weight gain among 2- to 4-year-old children at risk for obesity (BMI percentile between the 50th and 85th percentile and at least one overweight parent) or currently overweight (85th percentile ≤ BMI
A Healthy School Start Plus for prevention of childhood overweight and obesity in disadvantaged areas through parental support in the school setting - study protocol for a parallel group cluster randomised trial. [2019]Systematic reviews conclude that interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in children obtain stronger effects when parents are involved. Parenting practices and parent-child interactions shape children's health-related behaviours. The Healthy School Start Plus intervention aims to promote healthy dietary habits and physical activity and prevent obesity in children through parental support in disadvantaged areas with increased health needs, delivered by teachers and school nurses. This protocol describes the design, outcome and process evaluation of the study.
Parent involvement with children's health promotion: a one-year follow-up of the Minnesota home team. [2019]This study compares the long-term outcomes of a school-based program to an equivalent home-based program with 2250 third-grade students in 31 urban schools in Minnesota and North Dakota in order to detect changes in dietary fat and sodium consumption. The school-based program, The Adventures of Hearty Heart and Friends, involved 15 sessions over five weeks in the third-grade classrooms. The home-based program, the Hearty Heart Home Team, involved a five-week correspondence course with the third graders, where parental involvement was necessary in order to complete the activities. Outcome measures included anthropometric, psychosocial, and behavioral assessments at school, and dietary recall, food shelf inventories, and urinary sodium data collected in the students' homes. Participation rates for all aspects of the study were notably high. Eighty-six percent of the parents participated in the Home Team and 71% (almost 1000 families) completed the five-week course. Students in the home-based program reported more behavior change at posttest, had reduced the total fat, saturated fat, and monounsaturated fat in their diets and increased their complex carbohydrate consumption. The changes derived from the dietary recall data did not maintain after one year. The data converge to suggest the feasibility and importance of parental involvement for initiating health behavior changes with children of this age.
Healthy caregivers-healthy children (HC2) phase 2: Integrating culturally sensitive childhood obesity prevention strategies into childcare center policies. [2018]Despite the high prevalence of obesity among preschool-aged children, most states lack childcare center (CCC) nutrition and physical activity policies. The Healthy Caregivers, Healthy Children (HC) Phase 2 project is examining the relationship between the CCC nutrition and physical activity environment and child dietary intake/physical activity patterns and body mass index (BMI).
Promoting healthy lifestyles in children: a pilot program of be a fit kid. [2016]Be a Fit Kid is a 12-week program aimed at improving physical activity and nutritional habits in children. The physical activity component of the program emphasized cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular strength, and bone development through running, yoga, jumping, and strength exercises. All activities were individualized and noncompetitive. The nutrition component focused on current dietary guidelines that emphasize a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, unsaturated fats, and whole grains, and low in saturated fat and sugar. Following the 12-week intervention, significant improvements were observed in body composition, fitness, nutrition knowledge, dietary habits, and in those who participated 75% of the time, significant reductions in total cholesterol and triglyceride levels were observed. Findings from the pilot trial suggest that health promotion programs can be well received by children and may favorably alter overweight and the development of adult lifestyle-related diseases.
The influence of mothers' lifestyle and health behavior on their children: an exploration for oral health. [2021]Parents and teachers involvement reinforce health promotion programs for children's health.
A model of knowledge translation in health: the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on physical activity for children and youth. [2022]The health of Canadian children and youth has deteriorated in the past few decades and physical inactivity is a powerful contributor. Active Healthy Kids Canada (AHKC; www.activehealthykids.ca) is a national not-for-profit organization with a mission to inspire the nation to engage all children and youth in physical activity by providing expertise and direction to policy makers and the public on how to increase and effectively allocate resources and attention toward physical activity for Canadian children and youth. Annually, for the past 7 years, the AHKC Report Card has consolidated and translated research knowledge to drive social action for policy change relating to physical activity among children and youth. Original published articles and key surveillance data from national and regional surveys are reviewed. A group of content experts from across Canada meet semiannually to review the evidence and assign letter grades. The AHKC Report Card has played a key role in informing discussions that have led to action on physical inactivity in Canada. Further evidence of the Report Card's influence is in the replication of the model in several other jurisdictions, including Saskatchewan and Ontario, Canada; Louisiana, United States; South Africa; Mexico; and Kenya.
The Healthy Kids Initiative: Results from the First 2000 Participants. [2022]The comprehensive and free Healthy Kids Initiative (HKI) was developed with key features including social support, family support, and cognitive behavior education in order to promote program completion and improve health outcomes among youth. The first objective was to determine program completion rates and independent risk indicators for non-completion. The second objective was to determine the 12-week impact of the Healthy Kids Initiative on aerobic fitness, depressed mood and health-related quality of life.
Community-Based Healthy Living Medicine, With a Focus on K-12, Physical Education, and Nutrition. [2019]Childhood obesity is one of the country's most significant health problems. Researchers estimate that 32.2% of children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 in the United States are overweight and obese (Skinner and Skelton, 2014). The prevalence of childhood obesity in 2011-2014 was 17.0% and extreme obesity was 5.8% among US children and adolescents aged 2 to 19years (Ogden et al., 2016). The high rates of obesity and diabetes, poor nutrition, and lack of physical activity in children and adolescents makes cardiovascular risk reduction in this population critical. There is a strong body of evidence that showed practicing healthful lifestyle behaviors can reduce the risk of these chronic diseases. The goal of this article is to outline the current research and evaluation with policy and practice efforts, and strategies to accelerate the translation of replicable nutrition and physical education interventions for successful implementation of Community-Based Healthy Lifestyle Medicine among children and adolescents K-12.