Families Moving Together Curriculum

NCT07084064 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 103077
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 58
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to understand how to promote physical activity among families of preschool-aged children. Participants will complete 6 weekly, in-person sessions with their 3-5 year old child that last about one hour. To evaluate this program, we will ask participants to complete: surveys before and after the 6-week program; a brief evaluation survey after each session, and a group interview that lasts about one hour after the final session. By doing this study, we hope to learn about the strategies that support and encourage families to be active together.

Conditions

Physical Activities; Families

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of Families Moving Together intervention

  The number of participants enrolled, intervention session attendance, and participant satisfaction with intervention will be included as feasibility measures.

  Pre-intervention (time 0)

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change in physical activity co-participation

  pre-intervention (time 0) and immediately following the last intervention sessions (time 1)

• Change in parent and child physical activity

  pre-intervention (time 0) and immediately following the final intervention session (time 1)

• Change in Family Health Climate

  pre-intervention (time 0) and immediately following the final intervention session (time 1)

• Change in parental social support

  pre-intervention (time 0) and immediately following the final intervention session (time 1)

• Change in parent efficacy

  pre-intervention (time 0) and immediately following the final intervention session (time 1)

Study Arms (1)

Families Moving Together intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be asked to attend each 1-hour session with their 3 to 5 year old child. Each session will have the same structure with different health education content. The components of each session include: welcome, warm up, and opening discussion (15 minutes), interactive educational session (15 minutes), family movement game (15 minutes), summary, take home materials, and evaluation (15 minutes). Briefly, educational content for the sessions includes: adult and child physical activity guidelines, physical activity benefits, barriers and facilitators for physical activity, evidence based strategies for increasing family physical activity, building a support system for physical activity, goal setting, and maintaining physical activity changes. After each session, families will be encouraged to complete home-based physical activity challenges and receive additional educational resources

Behavioral: Families Moving Together

Interventions

Families Moving Together BEHAVIORAL

The Families Moving Together intervention was co-designed with community leaders and caregivers to address these barriers and promote physical activity co-participation among families. This evidence-based curriculum consists of six progressive lessons aimed at helping families learn, practice, and sustain an active lifestyle. The goals of this study are to increase community awareness of the importance of physical activity, create changes in parent and child physical activity, and increase parent physical activity knowledge and self-efficacy for promoting family physical activity.

Families Moving Together intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Parent is at least 18 years or older with a 3 to 5 year old child living in their home

You may not qualify if:

• Physical activity limitations

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Deirdre Dlugonski: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Deirdre Dlugonski, PhD

  University of Kentucky

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Deirdre Dlugonski, PhD

CONTACT

859-257-5016; dee.dlugonski@uky.edu

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 16, 2025
• First Posted: July 24, 2025
• Study Start: June 5, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: March 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)