Table 1.
Overview and evaluation of three PEACH™ iterations to-date
| Stage of translation: | Stage 1: Randomised-Controlled Trial (CONSORT) | Stage 2: Small-scale community trial (COMMUNITY I) | Stage 3: Large-scale community intervention (COMMUNITY II) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEACH™ RCT [7] | PEACH™ IC [33] | PEACH™ QLD | |
| n participants | n = 169 families; n = 169 children | n = 62 families; n = 78 children | n = 919 families; n = 1122 children |
| n groups | n = 6 | n = 8 | n = 105 |
| n facilitators | n = 3 delivered sessions | n = 12 delivered sessions; n = 54 trained | n = 52 delivered sessions; n = 80 trained |
| Program overview and setting | ▪ Single-blinded RCT with 2 intervention groups (1) 12× parenting (P) and healthy lifestyle (HL) group sessions OR (2) 8× HL group sessions 90- to 120-min group sessions, both with 4× one-to-one phone calls, delivered over 6 months with tapered frequency (weekly, fortnightly, then monthly) ▪ Multi-site (Sydney and Adelaide) |
▪ 10× 90-min fortnightly face-to-face group HL sessions incorporating P skills with 3× one-to-one phone calls over 6 months ▪ South Australia |
▪ 10× 90-min face-to-face group HL sessions incorporating P skills, with 3 one-to-one phone calls over 6 months ▪ Sessions 1–9 initially held fortnightly, changed to weekly during program delivery ▪ Queensland |
| Evaluation | |||
| Trial registration | ✓ ACTR00001104; ACTRN12606000120572 | ✗ | ✓ ACTRN12617000315314 |
| Program delivery (logistics) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Demographics | ✓ family, parent and child | ✓ family, parent and child | ✓ family, parent and child |
| Anthropometry | ✓ parent and child | ✓ child | ✓ child |
| Child diet | ✓ parent-reported | ✓ parent-reported | ✓ parent-reported |
| Child activity | ✓ parent-reported | ✓ parent-reported | ✓ parent-reported |
| Child quality of life | ✓ parent- and child-reported | ✗ | ✓ child-reported |
| Parenting | ✓ parent-reported | ✗ | ✓ parent-reported |
| Program satisfaction | ✓ parent-reported | ✓ parent-reported | ✓ parent- and child-reported |
| Child body image | ✓ child-reported | ✓ child-reported | ✗ |
| Follow-up | ✓ up to 5 years | ✓ only to 6 months | ✓ only to 6 months |
| Program fidelity | ✓ independently assessed from audio recordings of sessions | ✓ informal only | ✓ facilitator-reported |
| Facilitator training/delivery | ✓ | ✓ pre- and post-training, post-delivery | ✓ pre- and post-training, post-delivery |
| Clinical biochemistry | ✓ child | ✗ | ✗ |
| Follow-up parent interviews | ✓ 12 months | ✗ | ✗ |
| Service-level evaluation | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| System-level evaluation | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
HL healthy lifestyle, P parenting