Table 1.
General characteristics of selected multilevel multicomponent trials published January 2006–January 2016
| Study name | Citations | Location | Design | Years | Trial participants (N) | Participant group characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballabeina Study (Ballabeina) | [19–24] | St. Gallen and Vaud, Switzerland | Cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) | 2008–2009 (1 academic year) | 655 | Preschool students, largely immigrants |
| Baltimore Healthy Eating Zones (BHEZ) | [25, 26] | Baltimore, MD, USA | Cluster RCT | 2009–2010 (8 months) | 242 pairs | Pairs of African-American youth ages 10–14 years and a primary caregiver |
| Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research (COPTR) | [27••, 28–31] | Cleveland, OH, Davidson County, TN, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City, CA and MN, USA | Individually randomized group treatment and RCT | ~2012–2018 (7 years) | 1700 | Low-income, minority 3–13-year-olds and their parents |
| Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) | [32–41] | Brawley, El Centro and Calexico, CA, Fitchburg, New Bedford and Lowell MA, and Austin and Houston, TX, USA | Factorial | 2011–2014 (2 years) | 4314 in 3 sites | Low-income, minority 2–12-year-olds |
| Children’s Healthy Living(CHL) | [4, 42–48] | AK and HI, USA, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands and Guam | Cluster RCT | 2011–2016 (5 years) | 4100 | Children ages 2–8 in communities with large native Pacific Islander populations |
| Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies Phase II (GEMS) | [49–53] | Oakland, CA and Memphis, TN, USA | RCT | (2 years) | 303 | Low-income, minority girls ages 8–10 years, who are overweight or who have one overweight or obese caregiver, and the caregiver |
| Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2) | [54, 55] | Miami-Dade County, FL, USA | Cluster RCT | 2010–2013 (3 years) | 1211 children, 1080 parents, and 122 teachers | Low-income, minority children in daycare, their parent, and teachers |
| Healthy Families Study (HFS) | [56] | Boston, MA, USA | Cluster randomized | (3 years) | 211 households | Mother-daughter pairs in public housing residents |
| Intervention Centered on Adolescents Physical activity and Sedentary behavior (ICAPS) | [57–60] | Bas-Rhin, France | RCT | 2002–2006 (4 academic years) | 954 | Students, grade 6 in public middle schools |
| National Institute of Public Health (INSP) | [14, 17] | Mexico City, Mexico | RCT | 2003–2005 (2 years) | 886 students and 27 schools | Students 9–11 years old |
| Shape Up Somerville (SUS) | [13••, 61, 62, 63•, 64, 65] | Somerville, MA, USA | Community-based participatory research and non-randomized controlled trial | 2003–2005 (3 years) | 1178 | Students grades 1–3 in public elementary schools in low-income, ethnically and racially diverse, high proportion of non-English-speaking communities |
| Switch what you Do, View, and Chew (Switch) | [66, 67] | Lakeville, MN and Cedar Rapids, IA, USA | RCT | 2005–2006 (1 academic year) | 1323 students and 10 schools | Students graded 3–5 and their families |
| Texas Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (TEFNEP) | [68, 69] | Austin, Houston and San Antonio, TX, USA | RCT | 2006–2007 (13 months) | 1006 | Clients of a publicly funded nutrition assistance program |
| TriAtiva Program: Education, Nutrition and Physical Activity (TriAtiva) | [70] | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Cluster RCT | 2013 (6 months) | 600 | Brazilian public primary school students |