NCT04406441

Patient-Clinic-Community Integration to Prevent Obesity Among Rural Preschool Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,040 (actual)
• Sponsor: Geisinger Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Months – 59 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this research study is to compare two enhancements to well-child visits at Geisinger designed to promote family-centered counseling for the prevention of obesity in a high-risk population of rural, lower income, preschool-aged children. Compared to the standard well-child visit, enhancements will offer advantages to obesity prevention, parent involvement in counseling, lifestyle behaviors, and food resource management.

Conditions

• Pediatric Obesity
• Preventive Medicine
• Mentoring
• Food Supply

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Patient Reported Outcome Well Child Visit	Parents will complete the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity risk assessment (Patient Reported Outcome) prior to scheduled well child visit. Parent reported data is integrated into the child's electronic health record to inform the child's primary care provider and the provision of preventive counseling. The primary care provider documents preventive care provided.
BEHAVIORAL	Patient Reported Outcome Well Child Visit + Food Care	Adapted Parent Training Program will be delivered via telehealth (video or telephone) to parents by trained Wellness Coaches as 6 individual sessions, distributed throughout a 26-week intervention period. Cooking Matters grocery store tours will be delivered (in-person or virtual) to parents by trained grocery store nutritionists during the 26-week intervention period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-17
• Primary completion: 2024-04-30
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2020-05-28
• Last updated: 2025-03-05
• Results posted: 2025-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States