Behaviorally Oriented Nutrition Education at a Russian Summer Camp

NCT03077464 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KSU-CHE-FNDH-RussCamp
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Healthful eating is a core component of a healthy lifestyle that is associated with lower risk of obesity and chronic disease. Although adolescent health promotion programs have been extensively evaluated and applied in English-speaking Western developed nations, there is very little published literature in the Russian context. Our study seeks to determine the relative effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle intervention consisting of nutrition education at a Russian camp. Investigators will determine the impact of behaviorally focused nutrition education on nutrition knowledge, food choice, attitude, and self-efficacy for healthful eating, compared to standard nutrition education.

Conditions

Health Education; Healthy Eating; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Keywords

nutrition education; Vegetables; Fruit

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Healthy eating choices

  Objective selection of two snacks for consumption from a menu of six choices (direct observation)

  Change from Baseline at 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Nutrition knowledge

  Change from Baseline at 3 weeks

• Healthy eating attitudes

  Change from Baseline at 3 weeks

• Fruit and vegetable self-efficacy

  Change from Baseline at 3 weeks

• Fruit and vegetable enjoyment

  Change from Baseline at 3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

behavioral nutrition education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Set of curricular nutrition education modules, previously developed and based on Social Cognitive Theory, for the HOP'N After-School program, with additional materials from MyPlate. Materials were employed to increase healthy eating behavioral capability, self-efficacy, attitudes, and enjoyment. Topics included: 1) nutrition label literacy; 2) drinking water; 3) eating colors of the rainbow; 4) healthful snacks; 5) benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption; 6) moving more and sitting less; and 7) taking healthy habits home.

Behavioral: Behavioral nutrition education

behavioral nutrition education plus skills

EXPERIMENTAL

Set of curricular nutrition education modules, previously developed and based on Social Cognitive Theory for the HOP'N After-School program, with additional materials from MyPlate. Materials were employed to increase healthy eating behavioral capability, self-efficacy, attitudes, and enjoyment. Topics included:1) nutrition label literacy;2) drinking water;3) eating colors of the rainbow;4) healthful snacks;5) benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption;6) moving more and sitting less;and 7) taking healthy habits home. Designed to differ from behavioral nutrition education condition by devoting at least 15 minutes of each session to an additional behavioral skills training component. The behavioral skills component was designed to bolster behavioral capability, healthy eating attitudes, self-efficacy, and proxy efficacy with activities such as snack preparation sessions, role-playing games, fruit and vegetable tasting, and playing games that promoted healthier dietary behaviors.

Behavioral: Behavioral nutrition education

Interventions

Behavioral nutrition education BEHAVIORAL

Education aimed at improving knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to dietary intake, with a focus on impacting theorized mediators of nutrition-related behavior.

behavioral nutrition education; behavioral nutrition education plus skills

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children attending Yantar, a summer camp in the Northwestern part of Russia (Veshniaki village, Cherepovets district, Vologda region),
• Children of parents who provide permission to participate in a research study

You may not qualify if:

• Children outside the 8-12y age range
• Children not randomly selected to participate in nutrition education classes for three weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kansas State University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Education; Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adherence Interventions; Medication Adherence; Patient Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Richard R Rosenkranz, PhD

  Kansas State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Non-randomized parallel group design, testing pretest to post-test changes.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2017
• First Posted: March 13, 2017
• Study Start: June 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: July 28, 2014
• Study Completion: May 15, 2015
• Last Updated: March 13, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share