Child Care Wellness Study on Nutrition and Physical Activity

NCT01921842 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 07-1861R40MC08727
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 18
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study is an evaluation of a nutrition and physical activity intervention in child care centers in NC, CA, and CT.

Conditions

Overweight; Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies

  Determine if the use of a Nurse Child Care Health Consultant changes nutrition and physical activity policies at child care centers using criteria based on the national standards identified from resources such as NAEYC accreditation guidelines, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) policies and requirements, and the joint APHA/AAP publication Caring for our Children (American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association \& National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care, 2002; 1992). If written policies were present, they were compared to the gold-standard criteria from the national resource material and assigned a rating of either none (no written policies), poor (written policies fail to meet either state regulatory criteria or national standards), adequate (meets state regulatory criteria but not all of the national standards), or excellent (meets all of the national criteria present).

  Baseline, Year 1, Year 2

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors

  Baseline, Year 1, Year 2

Other Outcomes (1)

• Change in Body-Mass Index (BMI) of children in child care centers

  Baseline, Year 1, Year 2

Study Arms (2)

Nutrition and Physical Activity Training

EXPERIMENTAL

NAP-SACC Child Care Wellness program administered in year 1 of study

Behavioral: NAP-SACC Child Care Wellness Program

Delayed Intervention Group

OTHER

NAP-SACC Child Care Wellness Program is administered in year 2 of study.

Behavioral: NAP-SACC Child Care Wellness Program

Interventions

NAP-SACC Child Care Wellness Program BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition And Physical activity Self-Assessment for Child Care

Delayed Intervention Group; Nutrition and Physical Activity Training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years - 5 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• In each of the three geographical areas (NC, CA, CT), two pairs of community-based child care centers in urban areas with English-speaking directors, kitchens, and with 50-60 children between the ages of 2 and 5 years, 35% of whom are eligible for subsidy.

You may not qualify if:

• If the randomly selected child care center has an open case of child abuse or neglect.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead
• Yale University: collaborator
• University of California, San Francisco: collaborator
• HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Child Care Centers

Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Alkon A, Crowley AA, Neelon SE, Hill S, Pan Y, Nguyen V, Rose R, Savage E, Forestieri N, Shipman L, Kotch JB. Nutrition and physical activity randomized control trial in child care centers improves knowledge, policies, and children's body mass index. BMC Public Health. 2014 Mar 1;14:215. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-215.

  PMID: 24580983 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Overweight; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Jonathan B Kotch, MD

  University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 7, 2013
• First Posted: August 13, 2013
• Study Start: January 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2010
• Study Completion: August 1, 2010
• Last Updated: August 13, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-08

Locations

US (1)