NCT06538090

Early Movers Pilot Intervention

The Early Movers Pilot Intervention: Encouraging Healthy Movement Behaviours in Infants

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Alberta · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Months – 2 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Our Early Movers longitudinal study found that adherence to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines in infancy is low across demographic groups, impacting overall development. Early Movers is a parent-focused intervention designed to increase dissemination and activation of the 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years. It adapts an established Australian intervention called INFANT. An important first step is conducting a pilot study.

Detailed description

Our goal is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the Early Movers intervention, a scalable, theory-based, parent-focused intervention designed to increase dissemination and activation of the 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years. Primary Objectives: 1. Explore the feasibility of the Early Movers intervention protocol, including recruitment, retention, data collection, and procedures. Specifically, we will examine: 1. the willingness of first-time parents to enroll and remain in the study, 2. data collection completion rates, and 3. the integrity of the protocol components to all work together and run smoothly. 2. Explore the acceptability of the intervention by parents and public health staff.

Conditions

• Child Development
• Activity, Motor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Early Movers	The intervention includes: 1) an educational resource (i.e., hard-copy handout) developed for this study on the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines provided to parents at 2-month immunization appointments by public health nurses, who will answer any questions, followed by a discussion with research staff. 2) Follow-up support via access to a digital app with evidence-based information and support through an online toolkit, an anonymous forum, as well as weekly text messages that include tips and supportive messaging related to the guidelines.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-28
• Primary completion: 2025-07-30
• Completion: 2025-07-30
• First posted: 2024-08-05
• Last updated: 2025-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada