The purpose of this research study is to learn about different approaches to promoting healthy growth among infants, and understanding parents' likes and dislikes of an approach to reducing risk factors for obesity later in life. The study includes filling out some forms with questions about your baby and your thoughts about your baby's growth and health, and engaging in a pattern of changes in or prevention of risk factors in the first year of life. Parents will receive information about changes and some tools and materials to take home with them. Some parents may receive phone calls between visits as well. The study takes place from soon after birth through the infant's age of 9 months. The estimated total time of interaction between the study staff and parents during the study period is 4 hours.
As this is a dyad study, each dyad is considered to be a participant and demographic information will reflect the infant in the dyad, per parent report.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
28
Parents pick from a menu of behavior changes
Stepped up phone interaction with parents based on menu of behavior changes
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Number of Participants Satisfied or Very Satisfied With Information Given to Them, as Measured by Follow up Questionnaire
Completed Likert scale with 1=very unsatisfied, 2=unsatisfied, 3=neutral, 4=satisfied, 5=very satisfied
Time frame: 3 to 6 months after baseline assessment
Percentage of Successful Contacts With Families Via Telephone and/or in Clinic
Number of successful contacts with families divided by number of attempts to contact by research staff x 100
Time frame: 3 to 6 months after baseline assessment
Percent of Participants Exclusively Breastfeeding at 4 Months Postnatal Age
Dyad caregivers were asked what type of milk was being consumed by the infant, with 4 options available: 1) Formula only, 2) Mostly formula and some breast milk, 3) Mostly breast milk, but some formula, or 4) Breast milk only.
Time frame: 3 to 6 months after baseline assessment
Percent of Participants Delaying Complementary Feeding Until 4 Months Postnatal Age
Dyads caregivers were asked, "Is your baby eating solid foods yet or do you put any solid foods in the bottle?", with 2 options available: 1) Yes or 2) No
Time frame: 3 to 6 months after baseline assessment
Percent of Participants Reporting "Never" Engaging in Screentime While Feeding and With '0' Minutes of Active TV Watching at 4 Months Postnatal Age
Dyad caregivers were asked "I watch TV or look at or use my phone while feeding my baby" and responded with one of 5 Likert-scale responses: 1) Never, 2) Seldom, 3) Half of the time, 4) Most of the time, 5) Always
Time frame: 3 to 6 months after baseline assessment
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