NCT05219448

Reducing Sugared Fruit Drinks in Alaska Native Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 334 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Year – 11 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study in Alaska will test whether providing sugar-free alternatives to sugared fruit drinks and introducing education and social support will help families and children to reduce the amount of sugared fruit drinks consumed (measured through the primary outcome of added sugar intake).

Detailed description

Alaska Native children consume an average of 50 teaspoons of sugar per day and most of this added sugar is from fruit drinks like Tang and Kool-Aid. The goal of this community-based behavioral trial is to reduce added sugar intake in Alaska Native children. In Communities A and B, a total of 136 children ages 1-11 years will be recruited for a 6-month culturally-adapted, 5-session intervention consisting of video-based health education and self-efficacy coaching delivered in person by an indigenous Community Health Worker. There will be 4 brief "check-ins" to provide social support. Local stores have been recruited to carry sugar-free fruit drinks. In Community C, 56 children will be recruited to a no treatment control group. Outcomes will be measured at baseline, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Education and self-efficacy coaching	Children and their caregiver(s) in the intervention communities will receive a culturally-adapted, 5-session program consisting of video-based health education and self-efficacy coaching delivered by an indigenous Community Health Worker. Families will be introduced to sugar-free water enhancers that are commercially available and come in the same flavors as regular Tang and Kool-Aid. The sessions will include conversations on related topics, interactive hands-on activities, and homework assignments. Additionally, four brief "check-ins" will keep families engaged. Local stores in the intervention communities only will carry the sugar-free water enhancers that are highlighted in the health education.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-06
• Primary completion: 2023-03-28
• Completion: 2024-03-13
• First posted: 2022-02-02
• Last updated: 2024-07-29
• Results posted: 2024-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States