NCT03980262: EHF

Church, Extension and Academic Partners Empowering Healthy Families

Terminated NA Last updated 28 September 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Healthy Children, Healthy Families+ (HCHF+) in Obesity in 109 participants. Terminated before completion.

Timeline

19 February 2019

Primary endpoint
11 September 2021

11 September 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Phase	NA
Status	Terminated
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	109
Start date	19 February 2019
Primary completion	11 September 2021
Estimated completion	11 September 2021
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Healthy Children, Healthy Families+ (HCHF+)
• Money Smart

Conditions studied

• Obesity — all drugs for Obesity →

Sponsor

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Who can join

6 and older, any sex, with Obesity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The project will address health disparities via a community-engaged approach in partnership with black churches. The long-term goals of this integrated project are to: 1) prevent and reduce childhood obesity through improved parenting practices and home environment related to obesity; 2) expand Extension capacity for community-engaged research and collaborative programming with faith-based organizations; 3) enhance Extension strategies for recruiting and training community volunteers to extend Extension reach; and 4) train future health professionals to provide culturally appropriate collaborative community-based health programs. The project will target the school-aged subset (ages 6-11, first through fifth grade) of the USDA target age range of ages 2-19. The 14-month randomized control trial design of the research component will generate new knowledge regarding effectiveness of a integrated family-based intervention enhanced with social and environmental (church) support to prevent obesity in school-aged children. The research design with a financial literacy active control condition and the primary nutrition and physical activity intervention being tested meets two needs expressed by the community partner and allows rigorous evaluation of both Extension programs. It is hypothesized that parents in the intervention group will have higher levels of self-efficacy for obesity-prevention behaviors, parenting practices related to food and physical activity, improved home food and physical activity. The long term impact is to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.
   Spiga F, Davies AL, Tomlinson E, Moore TH, et al · · 2024 · cited 40× · PMID 38763517 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd015328.pub2