CompletedNot Applicable

Home Plate: A Trial to Improve Home Food Preparation Practices Among Parents of Toddlers

United States115 participantsStarted 2015-06

Plain-language summary

This study aims to test the effectiveness of a community-based, peer-mentored intervention to improve home food preparation practices in families with young children.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. English-speaking
✓. Able to give informed consent.
✓. Legal guardian and caregiver of at least one child, age 1-3 years
✓. 1-3 year old children of mentee primary caregivers enrolled in the study
✓. If a mentee caregiver has more than one child, then all their eligible children (ages 1-3 years) will be enrolled in the study.
✓. Eligible peer mentors should meet the inclusion criteria set forth above for mentees. (Children of peer mentors will not be eligible for this study.)
✓. The study team will decide which participants will be invited to be peer mentors, based on attributes including interest, leadership ability, and home food preparation skills.

Exclusion criteria

✕. Caregivers and children not meeting the inclusion criteria above.
✕. Caregivers who are pregnant at the time of enrollment.
✕. Caregivers or children with a medical condition that significantly affects their diet or eating habits. (The study team will ask during the time of recruitment if subjects or their children have a medical condition that significantly affects diet or eating habits.)
✕. Subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be unable to participate in the study schedules or procedures.

What they're measuring

Dietary Energy Density (Child Participants)

Timeframe: 19-30 weeks from baseline

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02458833

SponsorChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-07

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