Status:
RECRUITING
Healthy Children, Healthy Communities: Effectiveness of a Multilevel Rural Community Engagement Model for Improving Children's Dietary Intake in Family Child Care Homes
Lead Sponsor:
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Conditions:
Childhood Obesity Pevention
Diet Quality
Eligibility:
All Genders
3+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out whether a program called "Healthy Children, Healthy Communities" can help young children in rural areas eat healthier and improve their health. The study focus...
Detailed Description
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multilevel rural community engagement model in: 1. improving children's dietary intake, and 2. enhancing providers' feeding p...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- FCCH Settings:
- Licensed family child care home-based early child care and education settings
- Located in Nebraska (with potential expansion to Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Illinois, and/or Northwest Missouri if needed)
- Participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
- Care for at least 2 preschool-aged non-sibling children (3-5 years old) without feeding disorders or developmental delays
- Provide meals and snacks to attending children
- Located in a county designated as nonmetropolitan based on the 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC)
- FCCH Providers:
- Currently caring for at least two 3-5 year old non-sibling children who do not have dietary restrictions or feeding disorders that impact how they eat
- Present with children during meals and snacks
- Over the age of 19 years
- Have not participated in this study before
- Children:
- Between 3 to 5 years old
- No dietary restrictions or feeding disorder that impact how they eat (lactose intolerance, egg/nut allergies, or vegetarian diet are acceptable)
- Typically developing children (no diagnosis of developmental delays as identified by childcare providers)
- Have a parent or guardian 19 years of age or older to consent for them
Exclusion
- FCCH Providers:
- FCCH provider closes the business
- FCCH provider stops serving meals to children
- FCCH provider discontinues participation in CACFP and no longer adheres to CACFP meal pattern requirements
- FCCH provider loses all eligible study children due to children leaving care, developing developmental delays or feeding disorders, or other reasons making them ineligible
- Children:
- Diagnosis of dietary restrictions or feeding disorder that impact how they eat (soft diet requirements or difficulty swallowing that impacts how they eat)
- Diagnosis of developmental delays
- A sibling of a participating child (only one 3-5 year old child per family eligible)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 7 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 31 2029
Estimated Enrollment :
360 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07160530
Start Date
October 7 2025
End Date
May 31 2029
Last Update
September 8 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of Nebraska Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 68588