The goal of this clinical trial is to determine feasibility and acceptability of a digitally-based obesity prevention intervention for mothers of infants participating in a home visitation program.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
* What impact does the digitally based obesity prevention intervention for parents have on children's weight? * What impact does the digitally based obesity prevention intervention have on mothers' feeding practices, child sleep, and child screen time? Researchers will compare the digital intervention to home visiting standard curriculum to see if the intervention results in larger improvements.
Participants will view several digital modules including videos on feeding, activity and family topics over the course of 1 year. They will complete questionnaires at the beginning of the study and again at 4, 6 and 12 months and their child will be weighed and measured at each time point.
Enrolled in or eligible for home visiting program
Ages 16 years or older
Speaks and reads English
Has no chronic health condition affecting growth or development
Child has a major malformation
Child admitted to the NICU
Child considered small for gestation age (SGA) and/or have a low birth weight (<2500 gms)
Mother has a significant maternal morbidity (e.g. cancer) or hospitalization for psychiatric disorder in past 6 months
University of Florida
Lead sponsor
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Collaborator