Building Healthy Families Program for Childhood Obesity
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
Evidence-based interventions for childhood obesity (EBI-CO) can reduce child weight status, but for families living in rural areas and small cities, the availability of interdisciplinary healthcare teams recommended to deliver EBI-CO is low. To address this issue, we adapted an EBI-CO, called Building Healthy Families (BHF), that includes all the materials and training resources necessary for rural program implementation and found, in a pilot study, that when paired with opportunities to learn from the program developers and other community implementation teams packaged program led to effective program delivery across 4 rural communities. In this study, we will scale up our pilot and compare our packaged BHF Resources with and without a learning collaborative facilitation strategy, examining outcomes such as reach, effectiveness, implementation, and potential for sustainability in rural areas.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Jennie Hill, PhD
Principal Investigator
University of Utah
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for communities in rural or low-resource settings that need a program to tackle childhood obesity. They must have teams ready to implement the Building Healthy Families (BHF) Program and families with at least one child aged 5-13 years who has a BMI above the 85th percentile, with a parent willing to participate.Inclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Implementation
Communities implement the Building Healthy Families (BHF) Program using the provided resources and strategies
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for changes in child weight status and program sustainability
Cost Evaluation
Evaluation of the cost of program adoption and implementation
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Building Healthy Families Program
Trial Overview
The study tests the BHF Program aimed at reducing childhood obesity in rural areas. It compares two methods: just using BHF resources versus using these resources along with learning collaborative facilitation, focusing on reach, effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability.
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Communities randomized to the BHF-LC study condition have access to BHF Program Resources and enhanced training through the learning collaborative facilitation strategy. Community Implementation Team (CIT) members in this study condition will participate in the learning collaborative, which consists of quarterly virtual learning sessions (8 total), over a two-year period. In between learning sessions, each BHF-LC CIT will have a 1-hour 1:1 action period meeting with the research team. Community-based implementation teams (CITs) will use the BHF Program Resources to train and deliver the BHF Program to families in their community.
The BHF Program Resources include an online train-the-trainer system, program materials, and a data portal for use by community-based implementation teams. Communities randomized to the BHF Program Resources Package Only (BHF-PO) study condition will have access to the online train-the-trainer system, program materials, and a data portal for use by community-based implementation teams. Community-based implementation teams (CITs) will use the BHF Program Resources to train and deliver the BHF Program to families in their community.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of Utah
Lead Sponsor
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Collaborator
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