Clinical trial
Scaling up Building Healthy Families
Recruiting now · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT07404839
What this study is about
Evidence-based interventions for childhood obesity (EBI-CO) can improve children's weight status, but families in rural areas and small cities have limited access to the interdisciplinary healthcare teams recommended to deliver EBI-CO. To address this issue, the investigators adapted an EBI-CO, Building Healthy Families (BHF), which includes all materials and training resources necessary for rural program implementation. The pilot study found that when paired with opportunities to learn from the program developers and other community implementation teams, the packaged program led to effective delivery across 4 rural communities. This scale-up study will compare packaged BHF Resources with and without a learning collaborative facilitation strategy, examining outcomes including reach, effectiveness, implementation, and potential for sustainability in rural areas.
Basic eligibility
Full registry criteria
Treatments and study arms
Building Healthy Families Program
Building Healthy Families (BHF) is an evidence-based, family-based weight management program designed for children aged 5-13 who are overweight or obese and their parents or caregivers. Family-based weight management programs focus on creating a supportive, positive environment for lifestyle behavior change that promotes healthy growth and development. BHF is a group-based program, and education sessions focus on healthy eating, physical activity, and lifestyle modification for the entire family. The BHF Program consists of 12 weekly education sessions (\~2 hours each) and 6 relapse-prevention refresher sessions over 1 year (12 months total). The BHF program meets the current recommendations for intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment (IHBLT) programs from professional groups, and BHF is a recommended program for community adoption and implementation.
Primary outcomes
The primary implementation-fidelity outcome will be measured by direct observation and is defined as the number of session activities completed by the number of sessions delivered.
Study locations
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