Table 4.

Intervention effects of community-based interventions (n = 14).

					Outcomes
Author	Location	N (Age)	Design	Intervention Protocol	PA	SB/Screen Time	BMI	Motor Skills
Barkin et al. (2012)	United States	106 children (M = 4.1 years)	12-week RCT	Parents attended one 90-min group informational session/week Parents were randomly assigned to small social groups			X *
Bonvin et al. (2013) *	Switzerland	648 children (M = 3.3 years)	9-month RCT	Parents attended informational and discussion sessions led by trained childcare educators	X 0		X 0	X 0
Davison et al. (2011)	United States	422 children (M = 3.4 years)	12-month Pre- post measured (nonpaired quasi experimental)	A community resource guide listed with local outdoor recreation facilities and a community event calendar was sent to parents and updated every 2–3 months	X *	X *
Fitzgibbon et al. (2013) *	United States	157 children (M = 4.5 years)	14-week RCT	Parents attended a series of 90 min group classes with interactive instruction	X 0	X 0	X 0
Laukkanen et al. (2017) *	Finland	44 children (M = 6.1 years)	6-month RCT	Parents attended a single 30 min group lecture led by the research team	X *	X *	X 0
Puder et al. (2011) *	Switzerland	652 children (M = 5.2 years)	12-month RCT	Parents attended 3 interactive informational group discussions	X 0	X *	X 0	X *
Quattrin et al. (2012) *	United States	96 children (M = 4.6 years)	12-week RCT	Parents attended ten 60 min group educational sessions			X *
Stark et al. (2014) *	United States	18 children (M = 4.6 years)	6-month RCT	Parents attended one 90 min group educational session/week Children would participate in a child group-based session concurrently	X 0		X *
Trost & Brookes (2021) *	Australia	34 children (M = 5.3 years)	8-week RCT	Children and parents were able to share achievements of their app games with family and friends virtually	X 0			X *
Tomayko et al. (2016) *	United States	150 children (M = 4.0 years)	24-month RCT	Parents participated in one group meeting/month	X 0	X *	X *
Van de Kolk et al. (2019)	Netherlands	191 children (M = 3.1 years)	3-month Quasi- experimental design	Parents attended three 90 min group seminars A social map indicating PA opportunities was distributed to families	X *	X *	X 0
Walton et al. (2015)	Canada	48 children (M = 3.0 years)	9-week RCT	Parents attended one 2 h group lesson session/week	X 0	X 0	X 0
Yin et al. (2012)	United States	384 children (M = 4.1 years)	18-week Quasi- experimental pretest/posttest design	Peer educators (parents) delivered 6 educational poster sessions lasting 5–10 min to other parents while they picked up their child from childcare Parents completed a scavenger hunt after the poster session	X *	X 0	X *	X *
Zask et al. (2012) *	Australia	560 children (M = 4.5 years)	10-month RCT	Group workshops were held for parents throughout the duration of the intervention			X *	X *

Notes. Author citations containing * = those studies are also presented in Table 1. X * = significant positive effect at p < 0.05, X ⁰ = non-significant effect at p > 0.05, PA = physical activity, SB = sedentary behavior, BMI = body mass index.