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. 2023 Jun 12;2023(6):CD013862. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013862.pub2

Sisson 2019.

Study name Interventions to promote healthy environments in family child care homes in Oklahoma ‐ Happy Healthy Homes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Methods Study design: cluster‐RCT
Participants Service type: family child‐care homes
Country (region): USA (Oklahoma City)
Number of services participating: 52
Interventions Number of conditions: 1 intervention, 1 control
Intervention strategies:
Ethos and environmentECEC staff
Training: the 2 individual educational training sessions, approximately 90 min in length, will be delivered to educators by trained interventionists. At the end of each module, participants discuss and set specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time‐sensitive (SMART) goals. A 3‐h group nutrition class will be conducted on campus after baseline visits. The class will be a cooking class that repeats key project goals and material in addition to hands‐on experience with best practices, food preparation tips, sensory experience, and tasting. Recipe preparation and tasting specific to feeding young children will be provided.
Support: check‐in telephone calls will be completed between the first and second training sessions to discuss progress on SMART goals set during the first session and to troubleshoot any challenges.
Outcomes Outcomes relating to child dietary intake:
Diet intake
Outcomes relating to child anthropometric measures: not reported
Starting date October 2017
Contact information Associate Professor Susan Sisson, susan‐sisson@ouhsc.edu
Notes Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03560050