A Nutrition and Parenting Program for Fathers and Their Pre-school Age Children

University of Connecticut

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pediatric Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Nutrition and Parenting Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03071419

H15-338

1R21HD087817-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot study evaluates the feasibility and impact of a father-focused childhood obesity prevention program on paternal food-related parenting practices, mealtime behaviors and father/child nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Half of participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an intervention immediately while the other half of participants will serve as a wait-list control group and receive the intervention at a later date.

Full description

All participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an 8 session (2 hours/session) (DAD) including community-based, hands-on, nutrition and parent education intervention with between-session technology enhancements. Dyads will be randomly assigned within groups of 10 to DAD or a wait-list control group (DELAY). Assessments will be conducted at pre, post and 1 month post including a subset of data from cohabiting mothers to assess moderating influences on outcomes.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• "Father" eligible for a federal food assistance or related program (e.g. SNAP) or living in an area with >30% poverty
• Having at least one preschool age child (ages 3-5 years old)
• At least 18 years of age and able to speak English

Exclusion criteria

• No presence or interaction with child during meal or snack times.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Nutrition and Parenting Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants (n=30, father/child dyads in groups of 10) will receive an 8 session (2 hours/session) community-based intervention including nutrition and parent education with between-session technology enhancements.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nutrition and Parenting Intervention

Wait-list Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants (n=30, father/child dyads in groups of 10) will serve as a wait-list control group and receive the same Nutrition and Parenting Intervention after completing pre and post assessments several weeks apart.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nutrition and Parenting Intervention