La Vida Buena Childhood Obesity Program
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 5 - 8 |
| Updated: | 12/23/2018 |
| Start Date: | November 15, 2017 |
| End Date: | September 1, 2020 |
| Contact: | Maia Ingram, MPH |
| Email: | maiai@email.arizona.edu |
| Phone: | 5202756369 |
La Vida Buena (The Good Life) Evaluation: A Quasi Experimental Intervention of a Community Health Worker Led Family-based Childhood Obesity Program for Hispanic Children 5-8 Years of Age on the US-Mexico Border
Mariposa Community Health Center, a health center in Nogales, Arizona on the US-Mexico
border, will provide a program to prevent obesity in children and create a community
environment that supports a healthy lifestyle. Mariposa designed and implemented the La Vida
Buena ("The Good Life") program and already know that helps families eat more healthily and
exercise. Mariposa Community Health Center will test this program on younger children aged
5-8 years old. Providers will refer children who are overweight or obese to the La Vida Buena
Program. In order to determine if the La Vida Buena program works, Mariposa Community Health
center will implement the 8-week program with 100 overweight or obese children in their
Nogales clinic. They will measure their weight (BMI), exercise levels and food habits at the
beginning of the program and then 3- months and 6-months after the program ends. Mariposa
will compare these results to children in the nearby Rio Rico clinic who do not receive the
La Vida Buena program. These 100 overweight or obese children in Rio Rico will instead
receive one educational session, and the same information will be collected regarding BMI,
exercise level and food habits. After the 6-month period, the children from Rio Rico will be
able to receive the full La Vida Buena program.
border, will provide a program to prevent obesity in children and create a community
environment that supports a healthy lifestyle. Mariposa designed and implemented the La Vida
Buena ("The Good Life") program and already know that helps families eat more healthily and
exercise. Mariposa Community Health Center will test this program on younger children aged
5-8 years old. Providers will refer children who are overweight or obese to the La Vida Buena
Program. In order to determine if the La Vida Buena program works, Mariposa Community Health
center will implement the 8-week program with 100 overweight or obese children in their
Nogales clinic. They will measure their weight (BMI), exercise levels and food habits at the
beginning of the program and then 3- months and 6-months after the program ends. Mariposa
will compare these results to children in the nearby Rio Rico clinic who do not receive the
La Vida Buena program. These 100 overweight or obese children in Rio Rico will instead
receive one educational session, and the same information will be collected regarding BMI,
exercise level and food habits. After the 6-month period, the children from Rio Rico will be
able to receive the full La Vida Buena program.
La Vida Buena is a Mariposa project to educate children and families about healthy eating and
exercise habits. The Health providers at Mariposa Nogales and Rio Rico clinics will refer
children between 5-8 years old who are overweight or obese and their parents. Each child must
participate with a parent or adult caregiver who is at least 18 years old. Before the program
begins, the participant will attend an informational consent/registration session where they
will be asked to sign a consent form for themselves and their child if they want to
participate. The study will ask for certain information from each participant in order to
determine if the program is working. Each family will respond to a questionnaire at three
points: at the beginning of the program, three months after beginning the program, and six
months after beginning the program, for a total of six months.
The questionnaire will include questions about fruit, vegetable and carbohydrate consumption,
family behavior and habits regarding eating and exercise, moderate and vigorous physical
activity, sedentary behavior, local foods and environment factors that impact the family. In
addition, the child's weight will be measured at each time point.
Participation in La Vida Buena will take 6 months. At the Nogales site, participants will be
invited to a series of weekly classes over the course of 8 weeks that are being offered by
the Mariposa clinic related to child healthy weight, exercise and nutrition. At the Rio Rico
site, participants will be offered one face to face educational session about child healthy
weight with Mariposa staff. Participants will be scheduled for BMI measurements and
questionnaires three months after initiating the program, as well as six months after
initiating the La Vida Buena Program.
exercise habits. The Health providers at Mariposa Nogales and Rio Rico clinics will refer
children between 5-8 years old who are overweight or obese and their parents. Each child must
participate with a parent or adult caregiver who is at least 18 years old. Before the program
begins, the participant will attend an informational consent/registration session where they
will be asked to sign a consent form for themselves and their child if they want to
participate. The study will ask for certain information from each participant in order to
determine if the program is working. Each family will respond to a questionnaire at three
points: at the beginning of the program, three months after beginning the program, and six
months after beginning the program, for a total of six months.
The questionnaire will include questions about fruit, vegetable and carbohydrate consumption,
family behavior and habits regarding eating and exercise, moderate and vigorous physical
activity, sedentary behavior, local foods and environment factors that impact the family. In
addition, the child's weight will be measured at each time point.
Participation in La Vida Buena will take 6 months. At the Nogales site, participants will be
invited to a series of weekly classes over the course of 8 weeks that are being offered by
the Mariposa clinic related to child healthy weight, exercise and nutrition. At the Rio Rico
site, participants will be offered one face to face educational session about child healthy
weight with Mariposa staff. Participants will be scheduled for BMI measurements and
questionnaires three months after initiating the program, as well as six months after
initiating the La Vida Buena Program.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 5 to 8 years of age
- Above the 85th percentile for obesity
- Accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not between the ages of 5 and 8
- Not above the 85th percentile for obesity.
- Not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
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