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Growing Healthy Together: Protocol For A Randomized Clinical Trial Using Parent Mentors For Early Childhood Obesity Intervention In A Latino Community, Byron A. Foster, Kelsey Weinstein, Jackilen Shannon
Growing Healthy Together: Protocol For A Randomized Clinical Trial Using Parent Mentors For Early Childhood Obesity Intervention In A Latino Community, Byron A. Foster, Kelsey Weinstein, Jackilen Shannon
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Faculty Publications and Presentations
Background: Latino children in the US experience high rates of obesity, increasing their risk of subsequent diabetes. There are few clinical trials among low-income, Latino families to test interventions that account for and address their unique situation.
Methods/design: This trial, conducted in a Head Start (early childhood education) setting, randomly assigns children 2–5 years of age who have obesity by CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines (at least 95th percentile body mass index) and their parents to one of three conditions: (1) control, (2) parent mentor with an experimental curriculum, or (3) parent mentor with a …