Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children

University of Miami348 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to further develop and examine the Health Caregivers Healthy Children (HC2) program, which encourages obesity prevention through promoting healthy eating and physical activity.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

348

Conditions

Obesity Child, Only

Interventions

Healthy Caregivers- Healthy childrenBEHAVIORAL

The HC2 intervention is an obesity prevention program that provides nutrition and healthy activities programs administered weekly via Zoom or in-person.

Jump StartBEHAVIORAL

The Jump Start intervention is a behavioral health and safety program that provides behavior management and safety programs administered weekly via Zoom or in-person.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 2 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Center Inclusion Criteria: 1. have \>30 children ages 2-to-5 with a with or at-risk for a disability or special healthcare need 2. Serve low income families 3. Reflect the ethnic diversity of the Miami Dade county Public School System (60% Hispanic, 20% non-Hispanic Black, 20% Non Hispanic White). Child inclusion criteria: 1. Children with an Individual Education Plan or at-risk based on social and economic variables 2. child ages 2-5 3. child enrolled in a childcare center Exclusion Criteria: 1\) Children with feeding tubes or those that bring their own meals due to dietary restrictions

Locations (1)

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Body Mass Index Percentile

Body mass index will be collected on children enrolled using participant's height and weight using a percentile score from 0-100