La Vida Buena Childhood Obesity Program

NCT03781856 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1710977008
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Mariposa Community Health Center, a health center in Nogales, Arizona on the US-Mexico border, will provide a program to prevent obesity in children and create a community environment that supports a healthy lifestyle. Mariposa designed and implemented the La Vida Buena ("The Good Life") program and already know that helps families eat more healthily and exercise. Mariposa Community Health Center will test this program on younger children aged 5-8 years old. Providers will refer children who are overweight or obese to the La Vida Buena Program. In order to determine if the La Vida Buena program works, Mariposa Community Health center will implement the 8-week program with 100 overweight or obese children in their Nogales clinic. They will measure their weight (BMI), exercise levels and food habits at the beginning of the program and then 3- months and 6-months after the program ends. Mariposa will compare these results to children in the nearby Rio Rico clinic who do not receive the La Vida Buena program. These 100 overweight or obese children in Rio Rico will instead receive one educational session, and the same information will be collected regarding BMI, exercise level and food habits. After the 6-month period, the children from Rio Rico will be able to receive the full La Vida Buena program.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity

Keywords

childhood obesity; intervention; community health workers; community-based

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• BMI

  Weight and height measured at baseline, post intervention and 6 months.

  baseline to 6 months follow up

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Physical activity

  baseline to 6 months follow up

• Fruit and vegetable consumption

  baseline to 6 months follow up

• Simple carbohydrate consumption

  baseline to 6 months follow up

• Family healthy habits

  baseline to 6 months follow up

Study Arms (2)

La Vida Buena Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Administered in a group setting over the course of 8 weeks in a community setting.

Behavioral: La Vida Buena Program

Brief educational session

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Administered one on one or in a group setting in a one-hour session at the clinic

Behavioral: Brief Educational Session

Interventions

La Vida Buena Program BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is series of interactive one hour weekly classes over the course of 8 weeks related to child healthy weight, exercise and nutrition. Facilitated by community health workers, the classes are interactive and play-based and designed to engage both the child and accompanying parent or guardian in activities.

La Vida Buena Program

Brief Educational Session BEHAVIORAL

A one hour session about nutrition and physical activity to address obesity facilitated by a community health worker

Brief educational session

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• to 8 years of age
• Above the 85th percentile for obesity
• Accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

You may not qualify if:

• Not between the ages of 5 and 8
• Not above the 85th percentile for obesity.
• Not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Arizona: lead
• Mariposa Community Health Center: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Mariposa Community Health Center

Nogales, Arizona, 85621, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Tucker KM, Ingram M, Doubleday K, Piper R, Carvajal SC. La Vida Buena (The Good Life) evaluation: a quasi experimental intervention of a community health worker-led family-based childhood obesity program for Latino children 5-8 years of age on the US-Mexico border. BMC Public Health. 2019 Jun 14;19(1):759. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7081-x.

  PMID: 31200685 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Maia Ingram

  University of Arizona

  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: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2018
• First Posted: December 20, 2018
• Study Start: November 15, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2020
• Study Completion: September 1, 2020
• Last Updated: April 27, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-04

Locations

US (1)