Parent-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Black Families

Parent-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Black Parents and Their Preschool Aged Children

This study is an 8-week parent-based physical activity intervention focusing on increasing physical activity in preschool-aged children. The participants will be randomized into two groups: control and intervention. During the 8 weeks those in the intervention group will receive weekly newsletters and have weekly phone calls with a physical activity coach. The material in weekly newsletters and focus of the phone calls will be on behavior changes related to physical activity. Parents will be encouraged to complete physical activity alone and with their child. The control group will not have any contact with study staff during the 8-week intervention and continue with normal behaviors. Physical activity levels in the parents and children will be measures before and after the intervention.

Study Overview

• Status: Suspended
• Conditions: Physical Inactivity
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Physical Activity Phone Calls and Notebook

Detailed Description

This research will examine how preschool-aged children's physical activity levels will be affected based off an intervention that encourages physical activity engagement between parents and children. A secondary purpose is to determine if the intervention impacts the children's body mass index. Black parents with a child between the ages of 2-5 will be recruited to participate in the study. Before the intervention begins, parents will complete questionnaires on demographics, health history, physical activity knowledge, family physical activity, and parenting styles. Then both parents and children will have weight, height, resting heart rate and blood pressure measured. Finally, the parents and children will be given physical activity monitors to wear for 7 days. After wearing the activity monitors the dyads will be randomized into either a control or intervention group. The control group will continue with their normal activities for 8 weeks. Those in the intervention group will receive weekly newsletters and a 30-min/week telephone call with an activity coach over 8 weeks. The newsletters and phone calls will discuss information related to physical activity change. After the 8-week time period, all parent-child dyads will complete the same questionnaires and measurements and wear the activity monitors again.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 52
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Carolina
    • Greenville, North Carolina, United States, 27858
      • East Carolina University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults who are 19 years old or older
• adult has a child who is between 2-5 years old
• child must be living with the parent
• parent identifies as Black/African American

Exclusion Criteria:

• parent is currently meeting physical activity recommendations
• parent is currently pregnant or < 6 weeks post-pregnancy
• child has condition that restricts physical activity
• parent is unable to speak or write in English

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control; During the 8 weeks the participants in the control group will neither receive the intervention material nor have any contact with physical activity coaches. They will continue interacting with their young child as normal.
Experimental: Physical Activity Phone Calls and Notebook; The intervention will last 8 weeks. As part of the intervention the participants (parents) will receive a notebook with weekly newsletters that discuss behavioral strategies for physical activity changes, note pages, listing of local parks, and age-appropriate physical activities that parents and young children can do together. The intervention group will also have individual weekly telephone meetings with a physical activity coach. The weekly meeting is expected to last approximately 30 minutes. During this meeting, participants will discuss that week's behavioral strategy to promote physical activity, report on the past week's physical activity goals, failures and successes, and set goals for the next week. Each week parents will be asked to set a goal to be physically active with their child and a goal to be physically active alone.	Behavioral: Physical Activity Phone Calls and Notebook; This intervention encouraged parents to model physical activity behaviors and co-participate in physical activity with their young child. Each week behavioral strategies for promoting physical activity change will be discussed to help parents work towards meeting their activity goals. As part of the physical activity intervention parents will receive a physical activity notebook that has newsletters, suggested activities that can be done with their child, and other material that will help the parent and child be active active together. The behavioral strategies and the information in the notebook will will be discussed weekly for 30 minutes via telephone.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change in parent physical activity	minutes spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity	week 1 and week 10
change in child physical activity	minutes spent in total physical activity	week 1 and week 10

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change in family physical activity	minutes spent in physical activity spent between parent and child	week 1 and week 10

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: East Carolina University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Katrina D DuBose, PhD, East Carolina University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): August 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 6, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 15, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 20, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 3, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 29, 2023
• Last Verified: June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Physical Activity; Intervention; Families; Black
• Other Study ID Numbers: 21-001263

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No