Starting Healthy Staying Healthy Pilot Trial
1 other identifier
interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a reduction in toddlers' and preschoolers' exposure to television advertising leads to a change in their diet.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable obesity
Started Jul 2007
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable obesity
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2007
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 16, 2007
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 18, 2007
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 1, 2008
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2008
CompletedNovember 20, 2009
November 1, 2009
7 months
July 16, 2007
November 18, 2009
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Consumption of foods frequently advertised on television (sugary cereals, sugary beverages, candy, fast food, salty snacks)
at conclusion of trial and 6 months post-intervention
Study Arms (2)
1
EXPERIMENTALParents receive tailored health-behavior change messages designed to reduce their child's exposure to televised food commercials. Intervention is delivered by a case manager, by a website, and by periodic newsletters.
Control
ACTIVE COMPARATORParents of children ages 2-5 receive behavioral-change counseling around toddler \& preschooler safety and injury prevention.
Interventions
Parents receive a health behavior-change intervention consisting of 1 in-person visit from a case manager, followed by phone and e-mail contact at least monthly. The intervention is designed to promote healthy TV viewing, including viewing fewer commercials, by the target child aged 2-5 years old, and uses health behavior change theory and social cognitive theory.
Parents receive behavior-change counseling around toddler and preschooler safety and injury prevention.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Must watch at least 1.5 hours of television a day on average
- Must speak English at home
- Residence in or near Seattle
You may not qualify if:
- Developmental delay
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Washingtonlead
- Seattle Children's Hospitalcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Child Health Institute, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States
Related Publications (1)
Zimmerman FJ, Ortiz SE, Christakis DA, Elkun D. The value of social-cognitive theory to reducing preschool TV viewing: a pilot randomized trial. Prev Med. 2012 Mar-Apr;54(3-4):212-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.02.004. Epub 2012 Feb 14.
PMID: 22349644DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Frederick J Zimmerman, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 16, 2007
First Posted
July 18, 2007
Study Start
July 1, 2007
Primary Completion
February 1, 2008
Study Completion
July 1, 2008
Last Updated
November 20, 2009
Record last verified: 2009-11