Web-Based Active Balance Childhood Study in Chinese-American (WEBABC)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Behavioral: individually-tailored intervention

Behavioral: general health information

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00961246

H11584-31742

KL2RR024130

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compares the feasibility and efficacy of an individually tailored, child-centered, Internet-based behavioral intervention with that of general Internet-based health information for improving health behaviors and relative weight in Chinese-American children during a 6-month period. A total of 60 children (age 10-14) and their families will be randomized to either the intervention group or control group. The intervention is based on the Social Cognitive Theory and Transtheoretical Model.

Full description

The proposed study will use a randomized experimental design to examine the effects of an individually tailored, Internet-based behavioral intervention program on improving health behavior (dietary intake and physical activity) and anthropometrics of Chinese-American children. A total of 60 children and their families will be recruited. The intervention will include a weekly Internet session tailored to each individual child for eight weeks and three Internet sessions for parents. Children and their parents in the control group will receive general health information on healthy eating, active lifestyles, dental care, smoking cessation, and risk taking issues via the Internet. The content of the sessions is described later. After informed consent is obtained from parents and verbal assent from the children, baseline data (T0) will be collected before assigning the children and parents to the intervention group or control group. Follow-up data for both groups will be collected at 2 months (T1), 4 months (T2) and 6 months (T3) after baseline.

Enrollment

70 patients

Sex

All

Ages

10 to 14 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Children:

children between the ages of 10 and 14 years old who self-identify as Chinese or of Chinese origin
reside in the Bay Area in the same household as at least one parent, can read and speak English, and have access to the Internet at home

Parents:

parents who self-identify as Chinese or of Chinese origin
have children between the ages of 11 and 14
are able to read either Chinese or English
are able to speak Mandarin, Cantonese, or English
have access to the Internet at home

Exclusion criteria

children with chronic health problems that include any dietary modifications or activity limitations will be excluded (e.g., diabetes, exercise-induced asthma)