Healthy Homes/Healthy Families (HHHF)

Emory University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Chronic Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Healthy Homes/Healthy Families; Behavioral: Health Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01326897

HHHF (Other Identifier)

IRB00048222

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to learn how to make homes more supportive of healthy eating and physical activity. As part of the study, participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive materials with information on healthy eating and physical activity. The materials will be mailed 3 times over a 5 month period. The other group will work with a coach to make their homes more supportive of healthy eating and physical activity. Working with a coach involves 3 home visits and 4 coaching telephone calls over a 5 month period. This group will also receive materials by mail 4 different times. All participants will be asked to complete 7 telephone interviews over a 1 year period. Participants will also be asked to wear an accelerometer, a small portable device that tracks movement from physical activity, for 7 days at 2 different points in the study.

Enrollment: 510 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 35 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female
• 35-65 years old
• BMI greater than or equal to 25
• Speak English
• Must live with at least one other person
• Live within 30 miles of 1 of 9 clinics referring patients in the study
• Must have no contraindications for physical activity
• Must have no contraindications for participating in a medically unsupervised study

Exclusion criteria

• 1 person per household

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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510 participants in 2 patient groups

Comparison Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Comparison group participants will be given health education materials.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Education

Intervention'

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive the intervention (Healthy Homes/Healthy Families) as described below.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy Homes/Healthy Families