Pacific Kids DASH for Health
PacDASH
2 other identifiers
interventional
88
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The increasing prevalence of childhood overweight has been found to be related to decreased levels of physical activity (PA) and increased energy content of the diet. Childhood offers an opportunity to develop and support health-promoting behaviors. Pacific Kids DASH for Health (PacDASH) is a community-based intervention that links food, PA, and health, and targets overweight children in Hawaii with a goal of preventing further weight gain. Components of the intervention include a food and PA prescription delivered by physicians at community-based health centers complemented with a toolbox of activities, behaviorally tailored messages, and PacDASH educational materials. This project will extend and apply the nationally recommended DASH eating pattern to children and the growing population of Asians and Pacific Islanders. The investigators will incorporate culturally preferred foods, recipes, and PA messages that meet DASH and other national guidelines. The approach will target child food behaviors and social and environmental cues that are important to making healthy food and PA choices and will provide steps to behavior change. Farmers markets at participating health centers are a support resource for activities. Providing access to, coupons for, and guidance about selecting and preparing fresh fruits and vegetables at a convenient health center farmers market will support increased intake of nutrient-rich foods among these children who are overweight and at risk for obesity. Pacific Islanders are among the world's most obese populations while Asians, although of relatively low body mass index (BMI), carry much of their body fat in the upper body and exhibit greater health risk at the same BMI. Through this project, the investigators hope to learn more about body size and composition in children of the Pacific Region for whom there are few national data. In addition, evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based intervention within a health care system on managing overweight in children.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Feb 2008
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
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
February 1, 2008
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 18, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 20, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
February 1, 2013
CompletedJune 17, 2013
November 1, 2011
4.8 years
May 18, 2009
June 13, 2013
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Develop/evaluate effectiveness of a community-based intervention targets children of the Pacific Region who are overweight in order to slow and prevent further weight gain (for children to "grow into their weight")
Feb 2008 - Feb 2012
Study Arms (2)
Attention Control / Usual Care
NO INTERVENTIONIntervention
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
Effect of the PacDASH intervention on nutrition and physical activity behavior of children. 15 months study.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age 5 - 8 years old
- \>85th up to 98th BMI-for-age percentile (overweight)
- Children with a primary care provider at MAP
- Lives on Oahu
- Due for, or scheduled for, a well-child/physical exam visit during months of the pilot study
You may not qualify if:
- Diabetes Mellitis
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Gallbladder disease
- Non alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Pseudo Tumor cerebri
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Blount's disease
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Sleep Disturbance
- Other chronic disease conditions that would affect participation
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Kaiser Permanentelead
- University of Hawaiicollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817, United States
Related Publications (1)
Novotny R, Nigg CR, Li F, Wilkens LR. Pacific kids DASH for health (PacDASH) randomized, controlled trial with DASH eating plan plus physical activity improves fruit and vegetable intake and diastolic blood pressure in children. Child Obes. 2015 Apr;11(2):177-86. doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0141. Epub 2015 Feb 11.
PMID: 25671796DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Rachel Novotny, PhD,RD
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Human Nutrition, Food, Animal Sciences Department
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 18, 2009
First Posted
May 20, 2009
Study Start
February 1, 2008
Primary Completion
December 1, 2012
Study Completion
February 1, 2013
Last Updated
June 17, 2013
Record last verified: 2011-11