Next Steps: a Community-led Solution to Address Childhood Obesity

NCT01912859 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1303S29343
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 48
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of Next Steps pilot intervention is to develop and test a new program designed to help low-income multiethnic families with overweight or obese children achieve long-term maintenance of healthful behaviors following completion of Hennepin County Medical Center's (HCMC) 16-week intensive obesity management course (Taking Steps Together (TST)).

Conditions

Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Maintain or lower body mass index

  Body mass index.

  up to 4 months

• Frequency and intensity of physical activity

  Frequency and intensity of physical activity

  up to 4 months

• Frequency of intake of healthful foods and reduction of unhealthful foods;

  Frequency of intake of healthful foods and reduction of unhealthful foods;

  up to 4 months

Study Arms (2)

Nutrition/physical activity intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention, Next Steps, comprises a network of community-led health maintenance programs offered to graduates of an initial intensive obesity course. These health maintenance programs will aim to help participants maintain and improve healthful behaviors and body mass indices.

Behavioral: Nutrition/physical activity intervention

Usual care

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the "No Intervention" arm will not have access to the Next Steps programs and will receive only usual care through their health care clinic.

Interventions

Nutrition/physical activity intervention BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition/physical activity intervention

Nutrition/physical activity intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Families that are graduates of the Taking Step Together program.
• Families with at least one overweight or obese child between the ages of 7-17.
• Family members of all ages who have graduated from the Taking Steps Together program will be included in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Families who are not graduates of the Taking Steps Together program.
• Families who do not have one child that is between the ages of 7-17 and who is overweight or obese

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Minnesota: lead
• Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis: collaborator
• The Family Partnership, Minneapolis: collaborator
• Community Leaders, Minneapolis, Richfield: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Interventions

Nutritional Status

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Physiological Phenomena; Health Status; Demography; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Chrisa Arcan, PhD

  University of Minnesota

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• John D Anderson, MD

  Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Maria Galvan

  Community Leader

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Natividad Contreras

  Community Leader

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Aurolivia Reyes

  Community Leader

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2013
• First Posted: July 31, 2013
• Study Start: July 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2014
• Study Completion: June 1, 2014
• Last Updated: November 1, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10