Radio Stories About Children's Healthy Eating and Exercise

NCT02139787 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1209S19821-2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 146
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to use a community based participatory action research (CBPAR) approach to 1) create "radio stories" about Somali, Latino and Hmong families' real success stories with hypertension and obesity in managing their disease through implementation of healthful lifestyle behaviors (nutrition and physical activity), and 2) test the effectiveness and acceptability of radio stories on participant intentions to engage in or improve healthful lifestyle behaviors to prevent these disease. Participants in the Intervention condition listened to the "radio stories" and the participants in the control condition listened to an audio brochure with relevant health information. We hypothesized that the intervention participants would report higher intentions to engage in various healthful lifestyle behaviors than the control participants after both participants listened to their respective health information.

Conditions

Hypertension; Obesity

Keywords

Hypertension, obesity; Dietary behaviors; Physical activity behaviors; Radio story, entertainment health education; Immigrants; Somali, Latino, Hmong; Families with 3-18 year old children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Acceptability and effectiveness of radio stories, a health communication intervention that addresses family eating behaviors and physical activity among immigrant Somali, Latino, and Hmong families.

  The baseline and follow-up survey questions to test the "radio stories" included 15 items referring to intentions to change or improve a specific diet, physical activity, and health related behavior. There were four Likert scale response categories, from 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree.' In addition, the follow-up survey included questions to assess participant perceptions of the radio stories relating to their emotional connection to the story, relevance with their own experience, believability, and increase awareness and concern about hypertension and obesity. In the baseline survey they were questions pertaining to demographics and dietary and physical activity behaviors.

  'From baseline to flow-up which is after listening to radio story or audio brochure - An average of 25 minutes'

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Concern about hypertension and obesity

  Baseline and follow-up (immediately after listening to the health information)

Study Arms (2)

Radio Story

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants listen to a radio story about a family's' success with preventing or managing hypertension or obesity through diet and physical activity; the focus was for the entire family to implement healthful lifestyle behaviors so the children can learn as well.

Other: Radio Story

Control -listened to a brochure

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants received an audio version of a standard brochure about hypertension or obesity prevention.

Other: Control -listened to a brochure

Interventions

Radio Story OTHER

Radio Story

Control -listened to a brochure OTHER

Control -listened to a brochure

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Family self-identifies as Somali, Latino or Hmong
• Family has at least one child between the ages of 3-18 years old
• English or Spanish or Somali or Hmong speaking
• Family identified as having a compelling story with hypertension or obesity
• Self-identified member of Somali, Latino or Hmong communities
• Adult age 18 years and older
• English or Spanish or Somali or Hmong-speaking
• Parent/caregiver is involved with raising children between the ages of 3-18 years

You may not qualify if:

• Family does not self-identify as Somali, Latino or Hmong
• Family does not have children between the ages of 3-18 years
• Not English or Spanish or Somali or Hmong speaking
• Parent/caregiver Is not involved with raising children between the ages of 3-18 years
• Participants do not self-identify as Somali, Latino or Hmong
• Participants are younger than 18 years
• Participants are not caregivers of children between the ages of 3-18 years
• Not English or Spanish or Somali or Hmong speaking

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Minnesota: lead
• West Side Community Health Services: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

West Side Clinic and Community

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Chrisa Arcan, PhD, MHS, MBA, RD

  Medical School, University of Minnesota

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 5, 2014
• First Posted: May 15, 2014
• Study Start: September 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2014
• Study Completion: January 1, 2014
• Last Updated: May 9, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Locations

US (1)