Healthy Growth Abbreviated Pilot Study

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Grow Together peer group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01977105

12-009905

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-group feasibility pilot trial of a peer-based, social media intervention to prevent obesity in infants.

Full description

This novel intervention, delivered to mothers primarily through private Facebook groups, will promote behavior change through peer and self-modeling photo/video activities.

In this study, we will implement an abbreviated 2-month version of the intervention with a single peer group of up to 10 mothers. We will assess the feasibility and acceptability of both the intervention and our intended outcome measures, in preparation for a randomized pilot trial of the full intervention.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women age 18 years and older
• Enrolled in Medicaid at the time of study enrollment
• Overweight or obese (BMI >= 25, calculated using self-reported pre-pregnancy height and weight)
• Subjects able to speak, read and write in English
• Attend their infant's (up to 1 month old) primary care visit at a CHOP Primary Care Network site
• Received prenatal care
• Own a smartphone with both a data and text plan
• Able to use their phone to obtain photographs and videos prior to enrollment

Exclusion criteria

• Cannot provide consent.
• Non-English speaking.
• Score 10 or greater on Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) measure for clinical depression
• Diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy with their newborn
• Had a multiple pregnancy.
• Premature delivery (before 37 weeks) of their newborn.
• Have a newborn who was hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for one week or longer.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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9 participants in 1 patient group

Pilot Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Mothers who are screened and determined to be eligible for this single-group pilot study will be enrolled along with their infants in the Grow Together peer group intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Grow Together peer group