Back to resultsHealthy Together Program Evaluation (Phase 3)
Primary Purpose
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Overweight and Obesity
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Canada
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Healthy Together
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice focused on measuring Healthy Weights, Health Promotion, Scale-up, Family Health, Prevention, Childhood Obesity, Physical Activity, Cooking Activity, Family education model
Eligibility Criteria
Community partner organizations with capacity and infrastructure to implement the HT program are eligible to be implementation sites. Priority is given to community organizations serving Indigenous, immigrants/refugees, low income/low literacy groups, and families residing in rural communities. All sites will be required to integrate HT into their existing services.
Inclusion criteria for each participant group are as follows:
Families: HT is designed for children (up to 18 years of age) and families. Children and families participating in programs offered by the partner organizations are eligible to attend HT. All interested families will be able to access the program regardless of their previous knowledge or skill level. Participants do not have to be overweight/obese to participate in sessions.
HT Facilitators: Staff members who are identified by the partner organizations, trained to implement the HT program and directly involved in HT program delivery will be eligible to participate in the evaluation.
Directors of Partner Organizations: Partner organizations will be asked to identify a director (supervisor) that has administrative responsibility for overseeing the delivery of services for children/families that includes the HT program.
National Advisory Committee (NAC): Members of the National Advisory Committee established by The Bridge Youth and Family Service Society for Phase 3 of this project.
Exclusion Criteria:
Family members who have not participated in any of the HT sessions offered as part of on-going services provided by the partner organization.
Sites / Locations
- Bridge Youth and Family Services
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm Type
Other
Arm Label
Intervention group
Arm Description
Participants will receive the intervention - Healthy Together (HT).
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Changes in Physical Activity Behaviour
Godin Physical Activity Leisure Time Questionnaire
Changes in Healthy Eating
Self-reported changes in eating behavior because of participation in the HT program using validated survey questions
Secondary Outcome Measures
Knowledge of healthy diet and physical activity behaviors
Self-reported knowledge using validated survey questions
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT03550248
First Posted
May 25, 2018
Last Updated
October 27, 2020
Sponsor
University of British Columbia
Collaborators
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), The Bridge Youth and Family Services, Kelowna, BC, Canada
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT03550248
Brief Title
Healthy Together Program Evaluation (Phase 3)
Official Title
Healthy Weights for Children Project (Phase 3)
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
October 2020
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
March 1, 2017 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2019 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
March 30, 2020 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
University of British Columbia
Collaborators
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), The Bridge Youth and Family Services, Kelowna, BC, Canada
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
Healthy Together is a program that promotes the achievement and maintenance of healthy weights in children and their families.
Detailed Description
The purpose of the Phase 3 scale up project is to expand the reach and impact of Healthy Together (HT), by supporting the integration of the HT program into core services of organizations serving children (up to 18 years) and families, particularly those from under-served populations across diverse communities and settings in Canada. The HT program offers a flexible, effective, integrated approach, relevant to multiple contexts, creating potential to become a sustainable approach to promoting healthier weights in Canadian children. The objectives of the evaluation for Phase 3 are to:
Describe the effectiveness of the HT program in relation to knowledge, attitude and behavior change at the individual, family, and community level.
Monitor quality and sustainability of HT, when offered as part of core service by organizations to meet diverse community needs and cultural contexts.
Create an effective knowledge mobilization framework to increase practice and policy influence of HT, in collaboration with regional, provincial and national networks.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Overweight and Obesity
Keywords
Healthy Weights, Health Promotion, Scale-up, Family Health, Prevention, Childhood Obesity, Physical Activity, Cooking Activity, Family education model
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Model Description
Participating organizations will deliver the Healthy Together (HT) program to children/youth and their parents/caregivers. Participants in the program will be invited to complete questionnaires to evaluate the program at mid point (after 15 sessions) and post program (after 30 sessions).
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
3400 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Intervention group
Arm Type
Other
Arm Description
Participants will receive the intervention - Healthy Together (HT).
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Healthy Together
Other Intervention Name(s)
Healthy Together Children's Health Program
Intervention Description
The Healthy Together (HT) program is designed to reduce overweight and obesity among children and youth in priority populations such as Indigenous, immigrant and refugee, and low income families.The HT program consists of 30 sessions, each of which includes cooking and eating together, physical activity and a learning activity covering topics that promote healthy weights. The HT program is delivered by trained facilitators who are provided with a program manual and resources. Trained facilitators in participating community organizations offer the HT program by integrating it within core programming.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Changes in Physical Activity Behaviour
Description
Godin Physical Activity Leisure Time Questionnaire
Time Frame
At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions)
Title
Changes in Healthy Eating
Description
Self-reported changes in eating behavior because of participation in the HT program using validated survey questions
Time Frame
At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions)
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Knowledge of healthy diet and physical activity behaviors
Description
Self-reported knowledge using validated survey questions
Time Frame
At mid point in the HT program (i.e., following the first 15 weekly sessions) and at HT program completion (i.e., following the second set of 15 weekly sessions)
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
Sustainability assessment (HT program implementation)
Description
Perceptions of HT program maintenance and sustainability from directors & facilitators - using semi-structured telephone interviews
Time Frame
At HT program completion (i.e., following delivery of 30 weekly sessions) and 1 year follow-up
Title
Level of success in increasing practice and policy influence of the HT program
Description
Semi-structured interviews with Directors and National Advisory Committee Members
Time Frame
Year 1, 2, and 3
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Community partner organizations with capacity and infrastructure to implement the HT program are eligible to be implementation sites. Priority is given to community organizations serving Indigenous, immigrants/refugees, low income/low literacy groups, and families residing in rural communities. All sites will be required to integrate HT into their existing services.
Inclusion criteria for each participant group are as follows:
Families: HT is designed for children (up to 18 years of age) and families. Children and families participating in programs offered by the partner organizations are eligible to attend HT. All interested families will be able to access the program regardless of their previous knowledge or skill level. Participants do not have to be overweight/obese to participate in sessions.
HT Facilitators: Staff members who are identified by the partner organizations, trained to implement the HT program and directly involved in HT program delivery will be eligible to participate in the evaluation.
Directors of Partner Organizations: Partner organizations will be asked to identify a director (supervisor) that has administrative responsibility for overseeing the delivery of services for children/families that includes the HT program.
National Advisory Committee (NAC): Members of the National Advisory Committee established by The Bridge Youth and Family Service Society for Phase 3 of this project.
Exclusion Criteria:
Family members who have not participated in any of the HT sessions offered as part of on-going services provided by the partner organization.
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Joan L Bottorff, PhD, RN
Organizational Affiliation
University of British Columbia
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Bridge Youth and Family Services
City
Kelowna
State/Province
British Columbia
Country
Canada
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Plan to Share IPD
No
Citations:
PubMed Identifier
33225915
Citation
Bottorff JL, Huisken A, Hopkins M, Nesmith C. A RE-AIM evaluation of Healthy Together: a family-centred program to support children's healthy weights. BMC Public Health. 2020 Nov 23;20(1):1754. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09737-8.
Results Reference
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