Partnering for Prevention: Building Healthy Habits in Underserved Communities

NCT03559907 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PRO17080038
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 53
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This pilot study will estimate the unique and additive benefits of two parent-training programs (Cooking Matters for Parents and Promoting Routines of Exploration and Play during Mealtime) offered in undeserved communities.

Conditions

Parenting; Child Nutrition Disorders

Keywords

prevention; nutrition; early childhood; parent training; underserved

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline 3-Day Food Diary (dietary variety) at 6 months

  The 3-Day Food Diary is the preferred method of dietary assessment (intake and variety of food consumed) because of a balance between validity and burden. Includes all food consumed and approximate servings for 3 days.Frequencies of foods consumed from different food groups and basic nutritional intake related to the numbers of servings of food in each food group consumed will be calculated. Servings in each category will be compared to national daily recommendations.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change from Baseline Nutrition Screening Tool for Every Preschooler (nutritional risk) at 6 months

  6 months

• Change from Baseline Parenting-Stress Inventory, Short-Form (PSI-SF) at 6 months

  6 months

Study Arms (3)

Cooking Matters for Parents

EXPERIMENTAL

Trained instructors with a background in nutrition or culinary arts will lead six weekly, two-hour sessions to groups of 10 parent participants at local Family Support Centers.

Behavioral: Cooking Matters for Parents

Mealtime PREP

EXPERIMENTAL

Trained group leaders with experience in pediatric occupational therapy will lead six weekly, two-hour, Mealtime PREP sessions to groups of 10 parent participants at local Family Support Centers.

Behavioral: Mealtime PREP

Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents will receive both programs in succession. They will attend Cooking Matters for Parents followed by Mealtime PREP. In total, this will equal 12 weekly, two-hour sessions delivered to groups of 10 parent participants at a local Family Support Center.

Behavioral: Cooking Matters for Parents; Behavioral: Mealtime PREP

Interventions

Cooking Matters for Parents BEHAVIORAL

Cooking Matters for Parents focuses on teaching parents of young children important lessons about self-sufficiency in the kitchen. Participants have the opportunity to practice fundamental lessons including knife skills, reading ingredient labels, cutting up a whole chicken, and making a healthy meal for a family of four on a budget of ten dollars. Each session includes meal preparation, didactic teaching, and sharing the meal as a group. Instructors share their education and experience and discuss how to choose healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables at the grocery store. Each week, adults take home a bag of groceries after each class so they can practice the recipes taught that day.

Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP; Cooking Matters for Parents

Mealtime PREP BEHAVIORAL

Parents are trained to deliver each intervention component during mealtimes using a step-wise, behavioral activation approach. The parent-training prong of the Mealtime PREP intervention incorporates four active ingredients of behavioral activation (1. skills training; 2. goal-setting; 3. activity scheduling; and 4. activity monitoring) to help parents build a family meal routine that is enriched with techniques to promote child food acceptance. Each week, parents will take home healthy groceries to practice making healthy snacks and side dishes in the home.

Also known as: Promoting Routines for Exploration and Play during Mealtime

Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP; Mealtime PREP

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Year+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Parent to a child aged 1-5 years
• Speaks English
• Willing to participate in 6 or 12 weekly group sessions at local Family Support Center

You may not qualify if:

• Previously completed a Cooking Matters for Parents cooking class

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh: lead
• American Occupational Therapy Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Caldwell AR, Terhorst L, Krall JS, Thum DW, Uman HR, Dodd JL, Haus EE, Bendixen RM. Partnering for prevention in under-resourced communities: a randomized pilot study. Nutr J. 2022 Nov 25;21(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s12937-022-00824-7.

  PMID: 36434698 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Child Nutrition Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Officials

• Angela Caldwell, PhD

  University of Pittsburgh

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Outcomes assessors who are rating intervention fidelity will be blinded to intervention assignment.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Quasi-Experimental: Three community sites will be randomized to receive on of three prevention interventions: 1. Cooking Matters for Parents 2. Promoting Routines of Exploration and Play during Mealtime (Mealtime PREP) 3. Combined (Cooking Matters + Mealtime PREP)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 15, 2018
• First Posted: June 18, 2018
• Study Start: September 5, 2018
• Primary Completion: November 5, 2019
• Study Completion: November 5, 2019
• Last Updated: January 6, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)