Nutrition Knowledge for Spanish-speaking Parents

NCT01296945 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NA_00045360
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Providing child nutrition information is a major goal of every pediatric well-child visit. Unfortunately, due to a wide array of issues, doing this effectively during clinic visits is challenging and insufficient. It is because of this that some have looked for innovative ways to enhance the delivery of this information. One such way is the use of touch screen computer programs containing nutritional information. Several studies have documented the value of patients receiving health information in such a manner. Nonetheless, the use of this medium has not been well studied in Spanish-speaking care providers of young children. The investigators recently conducted a study that evaluated user's perception of the usability of such technology, finding that most users thought that the touchscreen was easy to use, despite their low computer confidence levels. The investigators also evaluated the impact of using nutrition modules on user's nutrition knowledge, finding that immediately after use; participant's nutrition knowledge was improved. I now propose to evaluate this technology further through a 4 armed randomized controlled trial. The goal here is to evaluate the longer term impact of the educational modules on nutrition knowledge and the impact, if any, of additional web access to the modules, on longer term knowledge. A secondary goal is to better understand nutritional habits in this population and perceptions of weight.

Conditions

Obesity; Dental Caries

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge score

  Knowledge score on the nutrition survey will be compared across groups at this time point.

  Day 14

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• knowledge score

  Day 1

• Knowledge score

  2 months

Study Arms (4)

Kiosk

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: Kiosk

Paper

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: paper

Kiosk PLUS paper

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: Kiosk PLUS paper

kiosk PLUS web

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: Kiosk PLUS web

Interventions

Kiosk OTHER

Touchscreen computer containing three educational modules in Spanish on infant/toddler juice intake, milk, and solid/foods

Kiosk

paper OTHER

Participants will receive a paper handout with nutrition educational information.

Paper

Kiosk PLUS paper OTHER

Individuals will use the 3 computer modules on a touchscreen and receive the information on a paper handout.

Kiosk PLUS paper

Kiosk PLUS web OTHER

Participants will utilize the 3 modules on the touchscreen computer and be given a piece of paper that includes information on how to see this information again on the internet. Participants will be asked to view the modules on the web.

kiosk PLUS web

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Self identify as Latino/a
• Spanish-speaking
• Over 18 years old
• Primary caregiver to a child 2 years old and under

You may not qualify if:

• Child 2 years old and under has significant medical issue requiring special nutrition needs, e.g. g-tube or feeding tube dependent, severe food allergies.
• Person has used the nutrition modules before in prior studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Johns Hopkins University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Dental Caries

Interventions

Paper

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Tooth Demineralization; Tooth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Manufactured Materials; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Study Officials

• Darcy A Thompaon, MD, MPH

  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 15, 2011
• First Posted: February 16, 2011
• Study Start: February 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2011
• Study Completion: September 1, 2011
• Last Updated: March 30, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-03

Locations

US (1)