An Intergenerational Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Intervention to Reduce Appalachian Health Disparities

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title: An Intergenerational CBPR Intervention to Reduce Appalachian Health Disparities

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The study purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate, faith-placed lay health advisor intervention aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity among intergenerational Appalachian individuals and families.

Clinical Trial Description

The developmental phase of this project incorporated community based participatory research (CBPR) principles to identify the needs and preferences of community members with regard to energy balance. In the intervention phase, this group-randomized trial administers and evaluates an intergenerational, culturally appropriate energy balance intervention aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable intake and increasing physical activity among participants in 6 distressed Appalachian counties. Faith institutions are recruited and randomized to treatment or wait-list control conditions, and participants are recruited and enrolled within those institutions. Focusing on Appalachian children, parents, and grandparents, local lay health advisors deliver a series of group presentations, adapted from We Can! and Media Smart Youth. In addition, the project provides culturally consonant leave-behind "booster" activities, including square dances, cooking classes, and community gardens. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Overweight

• NCT number: NCT01373307
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Kentucky
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2010
• Completion date: June 2014