Healthy Together Program Evaluation (Phase 3)

NCT03550248 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1415-HQ-000616.
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 3,400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Healthy Together is a program that promotes the achievement and maintenance of healthy weights in children and their families.

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Overweight and Obesity

Keywords

Healthy Weights; Health Promotion; Scale-up; Family Health; Prevention; Childhood Obesity; Physical Activity; Cooking Activity; Family education model

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Changes in Physical Activity Behaviour

  Godin Physical Activity Leisure Time Questionnaire

  At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions)

• Changes in Healthy Eating

  Self-reported changes in eating behavior because of participation in the HT program using validated survey questions

  At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge of healthy diet and physical activity behaviors

  At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions)

Other Outcomes (2)

• Sustainability assessment (HT program implementation)

  At HT program completion (i.e., following delivery of 30 weekly sessions) and 1 year follow-up

• Level of success in increasing practice and policy influence of the HT program

  Year 1, 2, and 3

Study Arms (1)

Intervention group

OTHER

Participants will receive the intervention - Healthy Together (HT).

Behavioral: Healthy Together

Interventions

Healthy Together BEHAVIORAL

The Healthy Together (HT) program is designed to reduce overweight and obesity among children and youth in priority populations such as Indigenous, immigrant and refugee, and low income families.The HT program consists of 30 sessions, each of which includes cooking and eating together, physical activity and a learning activity covering topics that promote healthy weights. The HT program is delivered by trained facilitators who are provided with a program manual and resources. Trained facilitators in participating community organizations offer the HT program by integrating it within core programming.

Also known as: Healthy Together Children's Health Program

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Families: HT is designed for children (up to 18 years of age) and families. Children and families participating in programs offered by the partner organizations are eligible to attend HT. All interested families will be able to access the program regardless of their previous knowledge or skill level. Participants do not have to be overweight/obese to participate in sessions.
• HT Facilitators: Staff members who are identified by the partner organizations, trained to implement the HT program and directly involved in HT program delivery will be eligible to participate in the evaluation.
• Directors of Partner Organizations: Partner organizations will be asked to identify a director (supervisor) that has administrative responsibility for overseeing the delivery of services for children/families that includes the HT program.
• National Advisory Committee (NAC): Members of the National Advisory Committee established by The Bridge Youth and Family Service Society for Phase 3 of this project.

You may not qualify if:

• Family members who have not participated in any of the HT sessions offered as part of on-going services provided by the partner organization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): collaborator
• The Bridge Youth and Family Services, Kelowna, BC, Canada: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Bridge Youth and Family Services

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Bottorff JL, Huisken A, Hopkins M, Nesmith C. A RE-AIM evaluation of Healthy Together: a family-centred program to support children's healthy weights. BMC Public Health. 2020 Nov 23;20(1):1754. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09737-8.

  PMID: 33225915 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior; Overweight; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Joan L Bottorff, PhD, RN

  University of British Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: Participating organizations will deliver the Healthy Together (HT) program to children/youth and their parents/caregivers. Participants in the program will be invited to complete questionnaires to evaluate the program at mid point (after 15 sessions) and post program (after 30 sessions).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 25, 2018
• First Posted: June 8, 2018
• Study Start: March 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2019
• Study Completion: March 30, 2020
• Last Updated: October 29, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)