Physical Activity and Screen-Time Regulations in Childcare Centers - Aim 3 (Pause and Play)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02751775

U54MD008602-P02UAB (Other Grant/Funding Number)

PBRC 2015-045

U54MD008602 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective is to establish community priorities for strategies to improve young children's health behaviors based on focus groups of stakeholders in the greater Baton Rouge area.

Full description

Pause and Play (Aim 3) objective will be achieved through a series of taskforce and focus group meetings administered by the Mayor's Healthy City Initiative (MHCI). Meetings will include monthly meetings of the MHCI advisory boards composed of community stakeholders and focus groups of childcare center directors and parents. Stakeholders will create dissemination and implementation plans to leverage the findings of the project. We plan to conduct 2-3 focus groups of 8-10 parents and childcare directors, for a total of 16-30 participants. Participation in the focus group part of the study will last approximately 1 day.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Either a director of a licensed childcare center in East Baton Rouge Parish OR a legal guardian and/or primary caretaker of a child aged 3 to 5 years who is enrolled in a licensed childcare center
• Able to understand and speak English
• Willing to be audio-taped during the focus group (for transcription purposes)

Exclusion criteria

• Being affiliated with 1 of the 10 childcare centers being assessed for Pause and Play Aims 1 or 2, either as a director/teacher or as a parent of a student
• Cognitive impairments that interfere with participation in a group discussion

Trial design