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In-home obesity prevention in low-income infants through maternal and social transmission

Kayla de la Haye1, Michelle Fluke2, Paula Chandler Laney3

  • 1Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, United States.

Contemporary Clinical Trials
|December 23, 2018
PubMed

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Integrating obesity prevention into home visitation programs shows promise for low-income families. This approach targets infant and maternal obesity risk factors early on.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Pediatrics
  • Maternal Health

Background:

  • Existing obesity interventions for low-income children have limited success due to short duration, low dosage, accessibility issues, and failure to address family barriers.
  • There is a critical need for interventions that target at-risk infants before obesity develops.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the effectiveness of integrating obesity prevention into an ongoing home visitation program (HVP) for primary (infants) and secondary (mothers) prevention among low-income families.
  • To examine maternal and social factors in infant obesity risk transmission.
  • To assess the real-life costs of delivering obesity prevention within HVPs.

Main Methods:

  • A two-arm, parallel randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 300 low-income mother/infant dyads.
  • Participants are enrolled in the Healthy Families America home visitation program.
  • Home visitors are randomized to deliver standard HVP or HVP with added obesity prevention for two years, with assessments at baseline, 6, and 18 months.

Main Results:

  • This section is to be filled once the study is completed and results are available.

Conclusions:

  • This study will provide crucial data on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of integrating obesity prevention into established home visitation programs for underserved populations.
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