NCT04743531

Healthy Environments Study (HEROs)

Completed NA Last updated 8 February 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing HEROs in Health Behavior in 35 participants. Completed in 30 September 2020.

Timeline

1 September 2019

Primary endpoint
30 September 2020

30 September 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Colorado State University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	35
Start date	1 September 2019
Primary completion	30 September 2020
Estimated completion	30 September 2020
Sites	2 locations across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• HEROs

Conditions studied

• Health Behavior — all drugs for Health Behavior →
• Childhood Obesity — all drugs for Childhood Obesity →

Sponsor

Colorado State University

Who can join

Adults 3 to 5, any sex, with Health Behavior or Childhood Obesity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Obesity is a multi-dimensional problem that has roots in infancy and tracks into adulthood. Obesity is represented disproportionately among children and families from low socioeconomic and minority backgrounds, particularly in rural areas that have limited access to food, activity, and health-related services. There is a need for culturally-tailored, effective interventions that can positively impact the environments (home, preschool, community) in which young children grow and develop their eating and activity behaviors. Developing family interventions, particularly for families with limited resources, requires improving caregivers' health literacy and home food/activity environments, and also requires tailoring to accommodate the realities of stressful and unpredictable family settings. The overall objective of this proposed HEROs Study (HEalthy EnviROnments Study) is to develop a companion, technology-based, interactive family intervention that will promote healthy lifestyles for young children in both Head Start and family settings.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Mobile apps designed for preschoolers produce comparable physical activity outcomes to traditional physical education activities.
   Zeng N, Johnson SL, Chamberlin B, Bellows LL. · · 2025 · PMID 40755942 · DOI 10.21037/mhealth-24-78