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 environment ECEC 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 |