Parents' View About Discussing Health Behaviors

NCT03566706 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UCM2018-36
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 318
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It is important to increase understanding of parent views about discussions of health risk behaviors with their children, in order to guide efforts to develop health communication strategies aimed at promoting parent and child discussion of these behaviors. In turn, this may lead to a decrease in youth engaging in health-risk behaviors. This study explores parental views about discussing health risk behaviors with their children and then tests the effects of a discussion tool on parents conversations with their children about unhealthy eating, marijuana use, and sedentary behavior. Participants will include parents living in the United States who have children ages 10 to 17 years old.

Conditions

Parents of Children Ages 10 to 17 Years Old

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Intentions

  The measure of parental intentions to discuss unhealthy eating and marijuana use with their child, adapted from established measures of behavioral intentions (Ajzen, 2002; Gibbons \& Gerrard, 1995), included six items, 3 for unhealthy eating, and 3 for marijuana use. The measure began with the stem: "In the next four weeks, to what extent do you plan to discuss unhealthy eating (or marijuana use) with your child?," "In the next four weeks, to what extent will you try to discuss unhealthy eating (or marijuana use) with your child?," and "In the next four weeks, how likely is it that you will discuss unhealthy eating (or marijuana use) with your child?" Ratings ranged from 1 (not at all) to 5 (definitely).

  4 weeks

• Willingness

  This measure was adapted from measures used to assess similar constructs such as within the context of cigarette smoking (Gibbons \& Gerrard, 1995). The measure of parental willingness to discuss unhealthy eating and marijuana use with their child included the following stems: "Your child wants to attend a party in four weeks where there would be unhealthy foods (such as, soda, fried foods, chips, candy, ice cream, etc.) (or marijuana). How willing would you be to ask your child to not attend the party within the next four weeks?" "How willing would you be to discuss unhealthy eating (or marijuana use) with your child over the next four weeks?" and "How willing would you be to discuss potential concerns about unhealthy eating (or marijuana use) with your child over the next four weeks?" Ratings ranged from 1 (very unwilling) to 5 (very willing).

  4 weeks

• Discussion

  Participant discussion behavior will be measured in the follow-up survey with 4 items, "Since the last session four weeks ago, did you talk about unhealthy eating (or marijuana use or sedentary behavior) with your child?" Participant will respond with a no (0) or yes (1). If participant answered yes, they will be able to briefly describe what they said to their child for all three conditions.

  4 weeks

Study Arms (3)

Unhealthy Eating

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Discussion Tool: Unhealthy Eating

Marijuana Use

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Discussion Tool: Marijuana Use

Sedentary Behavior

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Discussion Tool: Sedentary Behavior

Interventions

Discussion Tool: Unhealthy Eating BEHAVIORAL

Parents will randomly be assigned to one of three discussion tools that will provide parents with tools on how to communicate with their children about unhealthy eating, marijuana use, or sedentary behavior.

Also known as: Parent Discussion Tools

Unhealthy Eating

Discussion Tool: Marijuana Use BEHAVIORAL

Parent Discussion Tools

Marijuana Use

Discussion Tool: Sedentary Behavior BEHAVIORAL

Parent Discussion Tools

Sedentary Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Parent of children ages 10 to 17 years old living in the United States.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Merced: lead

Study Sites (1)

UC Merced

Merced, California, 95343, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 11, 2018
• First Posted: June 25, 2018
• Study Start: August 20, 2018
• Primary Completion: September 10, 2018
• Study Completion: September 10, 2018
• Last Updated: October 16, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-10

Locations

US (1)