NCT00542113

Diabetes Virtual Trek: Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Through Science Enrichment

Diabetes Virtual Trek Prevention: Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Through Science Enrichment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,703 (actual)
• Sponsor: Colorado State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-to-home education program for it's ability to increase knowledge about, and ability to prevent type two diabetes in children and parents.

Detailed description

The study involved pre and post testing of parent's knowledge and behaviors relating to the prevention of type two diabetes, before and after a school based intervention designed to encourage school to home communication. Parents/Guardians and children, grades 2-6, from schools with high Hispanic enrollment during the 2001-2005 school year were used for both comparison and intervention groups.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	DvtProgram ENERGY	11 - weekly or biweekly newsletters about diabetes and its prevention and family challenges sent home with children
BEHAVIORAL	DvtProgram ENERGY	6 - weekly or biweekly newsletters about diabetes and its prevention and family challenges sent home with children
BEHAVIORAL	DvtProgramENERGY	Children participating in Program ENERGY but no newsletters or family challenges sent home to parents

Timeline

• Start date: 2001-09-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2008-06-01
• First posted: 2007-10-10
• Last updated: 2014-11-07

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States