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In-home Obesity Prevention to Reach Low-income Infants Through Maternal and Social Transmission
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Standard HVP Curriculum and Obesity Prevention for Obesity and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 77 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Existing obesity prevention efforts have had limited success among underserved, low-income children. This study capitalizes on the strengths of a nationwide ongoing Home Visitation Program (HVP), which serves at-risk, low-income, ethnically/racially diverse mothers and their infants, to test the effectiveness of delivering obesity prevention as part of their weekly, in-home services. The study will evaluate whether the integration of an obesity prevention enhancement module into existing HVP services, reduces the risk and incidence of obesity and associated risk factors in mothers and infants, compared to the provision of standard home visitation services. The study also focuses on the role of maternal factors (maternal diet, physical activity, food insecurity and feeding practices) and social factors (social network support) as mechanisms operating on infant outcomes.
Study Details
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Interventions
Treatment in the control arm includes the content and services typically provided by the home visitation partner, which is focused on strengthening children's cognitive skills, early literacy skills, social/emotional and physical development.
Obesity prevention curriculum program targets 4 key behaviors (physical activity, increasing fruit and vegetable consumption, decreasing sugary beverages, and decreasing fried foods) aimed at reducing obesity risk in mothers and children. The module will also include weekly activity opportunities to develop social networks that foster healthy eating and physical activity.