HealthMatters@24/7 eLearning for People Supporting Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

NCT03206164 | Completed

• 3 other identifiers: 2020-0754P30AG022849UL1TR002003
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 274
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The barriers faced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) begin in their mid to late 20s and often mirror the experiences of older adults (50+) living in the U.S. While evidence for successful population-specific health promotion programs and training, such as the 12-Week HealthMatters Program has been documented, an urgent need exists for continuous, readily available, on-demand training in these programs. Online training can substantially aid the widespread translation of evidence-based programs into practice and policy. This proposal seeks to test the effectiveness of an enhanced mode of translating the HealthMatters program into practice through the use of an on-demand e-Learning platform (HealthMatters@24/7) for staff in community based organizations (CBOs) in one state; thereby advancing the science of translational research. HO1. More CBOs in the asynchronous training program will have developed Strategic Action Plans for Health and Wellness, established Wellness Committees, and have equal or more resources and improved culture for health promotion at 1 year compared to CBOs participating in the current live HealthMatters TtT Workshop webinar. HO2. Staff in the asynchronous training group will have improved levels of learner/instructor satisfaction (job productivity, job performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, convenience) toward the training immediately after completing the enhanced mode of training, HM@24/7 compared to staff trained using the current live HealthMatters TtT Workshop webinar.

Conditions

Obesity; Hypertension; Hypercholesterolemia; Hyperglycemia

Keywords

Health Services Research

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• online organizational HealthMatters Assessments (oHMA)

  oHMA evaluates organizational needs and capacity for developing a health promotion plan including programs, services, environmental support, resources, and culture to provide health promoting activities.

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Process Evaluation

  3 months

• 36-item Corporate eLearning Survey

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the asynchronous, eLearning Intervention Group will participate in the on-demand HealthMatters Program Instructor Training Course that will be continuously and readily available.

Other: Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention

Synchronous, Live Webinar Comparison

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in the synchronous, Live Webinar Comparison Group will receive HealthMatters Program Instructor Training Course via a live instructor taught 3-part live webinar.

Other: Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention

Interventions

Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention OTHER

20 CBOs with 3-member team (n= 30) will be recruited and placed into either the experimental or the comparison group.

Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention; Synchronous, Live Webinar Comparison

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Must work in a community based organization providing services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Must read english
• Must be over the age of 18

You may not qualify if:

• Do not work in a community based organization providing services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Do not read english
• Under the age of 18

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Illinois at Chicago: lead
• National Institute on Aging (NIA): collaborator
• National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UIC

Chicago, Illinois, 60608, United States

Location

Related Publications (9)

• Heller T, Fisher D, Marks B, Hsieh K. Interventions to promote health: crossing networks of intellectual and developmental disabilities and aging. Disabil Health J. 2014 Jan;7(1 Suppl):S24-32. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2013.06.001.

  PMID: 24456681 BACKGROUND

• Anderson LL, Humphries K, McDermott S, Marks B, Sisirak J, Larson S. The state of the science of health and wellness for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Intellect Dev Disabil. 2013 Oct;51(5):385-98. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-51.5.385.

  PMID: 24303825 BACKGROUND

• Marks B, Sisirak J, Chang YC. Efficacy of the HealthMatters program train-the-trainer model. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2013 Jul;26(4):319-34. doi: 10.1111/jar.12045. Epub 2013 Apr 16.

  PMID: 23589506 BACKGROUND

• Heller T, Hsieh K, Rimmer JH. Attitudinal and psychosocial outcomes of a fitness and health education program on adults with down syndrome. Am J Ment Retard. 2004 Mar;109(2):175-85. doi: 10.1352/0895-8017(2004)1092.0.CO;2.

  PMID: 15000672 BACKGROUND

• Scott HM, Havercamp SM. Systematic Review of Health Promotion Programs Focused on Behavioral Changes for People With Intellectual Disability. Intellect Dev Disabil. 2016 Feb;54(1):63-76. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-54.1.63.

  PMID: 26824134 BACKGROUND

• Rimmer JH, Yamaki K, Davis BM, Wang E, Vogel LC. Obesity and overweight prevalence among adolescents with disabilities. Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Mar;8(2):A41. Epub 2011 Feb 15.

  PMID: 21324255 BACKGROUND

• Zontek TL, Isernhagen JC, Ogle BR. Psychosocial factors contributing to occupational injuries among direct care workers. AAOHN J. 2009 Aug;57(8):338-47. doi: 10.3928/08910162-20090716-03.

  PMID: 19650606 BACKGROUND

• Ellis, P.F. and K.D. Kuznia, Corporate Elearning Impact on Employees. Global Journal of Business Research, 2014. 8(4): p. 1 - 15.

  BACKGROUND

• Marks, B., J. Sisirak, and T. Heller, Health Matters: The Exercise and Nutrition Health Education Curriculum for Adults with Developmental Disabilities. 2010, Philadelphia: Brookes Publishing.

  BACKGROUND

Related Links

• Website for the HealthMatters Program

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Hypertension; Hypercholesterolemia; Hyperglycemia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Hyperlipidemias; Dyslipidemias; Lipid Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Glucose Metabolism Disorders

Study Officials

• Beth Marks, PhD, RN

  Research Associate Professor

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

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

Model Details: Methods: We will convert the evidence based HealthMatters Train the Trainer Workshop for Instructors, synchronous, live webinar training course into HealthMatters@24/7, an asynchronous, e-learning training course for staff to plan, conduct, and evaluate the HealthMatters Program for people with IDD in residential and day/employment community-based organizations (CBOs). Design. We will utilize a two-group (Table 1) pre-test/post test quasi-experimental design wherein the Experimental Group will receive HealthMatters@24/7 training and the Control Group will receive the customary real-time (live) webinar training (HealthMatters Train the Trainer Workshop).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 28, 2017
• First Posted: July 2, 2017
• Study Start: May 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2021
• Study Completion: November 30, 2021
• Last Updated: June 20, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)