A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity
Joint Authors
Foster, Byron Alexander
Hale, Daniel
Aquino, Christian A.
Gil, Mario
Gelfond, Jonathan A. L.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To assess the feasibility of a parent mentor model of intervention for early childhood obesity using positive deviance-based methods to inform the intervention.
Methods.
In this pilot, randomized clinical trial, parent-child dyads (age: 2–5) with children whose body mass index (BMI) was ≥95th percentile were randomized to parent mentor intervention or community health worker comparison.
The child’s height and weight were measured at baseline, after the six-month intervention, and six months after the intervention.
Feasibility outcomes were recruitment, participation, and retention.
The primary clinical outcome was BMI z -score change.
Results.
Sixty participants were enrolled, and forty-eight completed the six-month intervention.
At baseline, the BMI z -score in the parent mentor group was 2.63 (SD = 0.65) and in the community health worker group it was 2.61 (SD = 0.89).
For change in BMI z -score over time, there was no difference by randomization group at the end of the intervention: −0.02 (95% CI: −0.26, 0.22).
At the end of the intervention, the BMI z -score for the parent mentor group was 2.48 (SD = 0.58) and for the community health worker group it was 2.45 (SD = 0.91), both reduced from baseline, p < 0.001 .
Conclusion.
The model of a parent mentor clinical trial is feasible, and both randomized groups experienced small, sustained effects on adiposity in an obese, Hispanic population.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Foster, Byron Alexander& Aquino, Christian A.& Gil, Mario& Gelfond, Jonathan A. L.& Hale, Daniel. 2016. A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Foster, Byron Alexander…[et al.]. A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity. Journal of Obesity No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Foster, Byron Alexander& Aquino, Christian A.& Gil, Mario& Gelfond, Jonathan A. L.& Hale, Daniel. A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity. Journal of Obesity. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1109737
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1109737