Strong Families Start at Home/Familias Fuertes Comienzan en Casa: A Novel Video and Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Improve Diet Quality of Low-income, Ethnically Diverse Children
Brown University
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the ability of a home-based parental nutrition intervention to improve diet quality in preschool aged children within low-income, Latinx/Hispanic families. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does this enhanced intervention change children's diet quality? * Does this enhanced intervention change parental feeding practices? * Does this enhanced intervention change the availability of healthy foods in the home? Participants will: * Work with a support coach * Have a home visit with a support coach once a month, for three months * Have a phone call with a support coach once a month, for three months * Receive written materials and text messages over the six months Researchers will compare a control group receiving different written materials and messages to see if the enhanced intervention changes diet quality in children.
Description
Investigators will build on the recently completed R34 (R34HL140229) that developed and pilot-tested the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a novel home-based intervention to improve the diet quality and home food environment of low-income, ethnically diverse preschool children (87% Latinx). Despite the study occurring during COVID-19, the intervention delivery was feasible and acceptable to participants and achieved encouraging improvements in children's diet quality and positive food parenting practices. For the proposed research the investigators will build upon lessons…