Healthy Immigrant Families: Working Together To Move More and To Eat Well

Mayo Clinic

Status

Completed

Conditions

Immigrant Physical Activity and Nutrition

Treatments

Behavioral: Telephone follow-up

Behavioral: Face-to-face family mentoring and education sessions

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01952808

13-003408

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will broadly explore the efficacy of community participation in the design and implementation of an intervention to improve physical activity and nutrition among immigrant and refugee (Hispanic, Somali, Sudanese, Cambodian) families in Rochester, Minnesota

Enrollment

151 patients

Sex

All

Ages

11+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Minimum age of 11 years old
Reside in a household with at least one adult and one child (11-18)
Not planning to move from the area over the next two years
Willing and able to participate in all aspects of the study
Willingness to provide oral informed consent
Hispanic, Sudanese, Somali
Residing in Rochester, MN

Exclusion criteria

Self-reported pregnancy
Self-reported insulin-dependent diabetes
Self-reported diagnosis of cancer within the past 3 years
Answer of "yes" to the following question: "Do you know of any reason why you should not do physical activity? For example, would it be unsafe for you to do increased physical activity because of a health problem?"