Promoting Self-Regulation Skills and Healthy Eating Habits in Early Head Start

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Poverty

Treatments: Behavioral: Usual practice Early Head Start; Behavioral: Recipe 4 Success

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03958214

SOHE/SOHE/SOHE*ADMIN (Other Identifier)

A271000 (Other Identifier)

2016-0465

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a new curriculum on toddlers' self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The curriculum is being delivered as part of Early Head Start home visits and compared to the effectiveness of usual practice Early Head Start home visits.

Enrollment: 244 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 3 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children must be receiving Early Head Start home visits and be at least 2 years old at the beginning of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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244 participants in 2 patient groups

Recipe 4 Success

Experimental group

Description:

For 12 weeks, home visitors will stop delivering the usual practice Early Head Start home visits and deliver the Recipe 4 Success curriculum instead. At the end of 12 weeks, home visitors will resume usual practice Early Head Start home visits.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Recipe 4 Success

Usual practice Early Head Start

Active Comparator group

Description:

Home visitors will continue to deliver usual practice Early Head Start home visits that follow a standard curriculum and are tailored on an ongoing basis to meet individual family needs.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual practice Early Head Start