Actively Recruiting
The ADAPT Trial: Adapting Evidence-Based Obesity Interventions in Community Settings
Led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Updated on 2025-12-11
750
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
214 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Evidence-based obesity treatment is inaccessible to most children in the United States. This lack of access is a source of health inequity, whereby children from rural and minority communities, who have the highest rates of childhood obesity, are also the least likely to receive an evidence-based intervention. Developing strategies to improve access to evidence-based obesity interventions could reduce health disparities by improving reach to these underserved communities. The premise of this study is that using a systematic framework to adapt a community-based behavioral intervention for childhood obesity that accounts for individual, family, and community factors will increase reach and effectiveness among low-income, minority, and rural populations. COACH is a multi-level obesity intervention that supports 1) the individual child through developmentally appropriate health behavior curriculum, 2) the family by directly addressing parent weight loss and engaging parents as agents of change for their children, and 3) the community by building the capacity of local community centers to offer parent-child programming. The investigators propose testing the process of adapting COACH in a cluster-randomized trial.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
The ADAPT Trial: Adapting Evidence-Based Obesity Interventions in Community Settings
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Child aged 6 years or older and younger than 12 years
- Child has a body mass index at or above the 95th percentile for age and sex on CDC growth charts
- Parent or legal guardian is 18 years or older
- Parent and child speak English or Spanish
- Family lives in or frequently visits selected zip codes near partnering community centers in Middle Tennessee
- Parent commits to participate in the 6-month study
- Ability to view online trainings
- Complete baseline data collection including height, weight, and at least 90% of baseline survey items
You will not qualify if you...
- Child diagnosed with Down Syndrome, Autism, or other developmental disorders affecting metabolism or behaviors that prevent participation in group physical activities
- Child or caregiver unable to participate in light to moderate physical activity
- Caregiver has serious mental or neurologic illness impairing consent or participation
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
W
William J Heerman, MD, MPH
CONTACT
L
Laura Adams, RD, MBA
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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