Recruiting

Parenting Program

Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Code:

NCT05802160

Conditions

Parenting Practices

Co-parenting Practices

Child Eating and Dietary Behaviors

Child Physical Activity/active Play/outdoor Play

Child Screen Time

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 2 - 6

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Good Start Matters - Parenting intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

Early childhood is an important period where the family can support the development and maintenance of healthy eating and active behaviors to prevent or reduce childhood obesity. With this ultimate goal, we designed the Good Start Matters - Parenting program, which aims to engage families in positive parenting practices that support healthy child behaviors, and aim to evaluate the efficacy of this intervention with a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The Good Start Matters - Parenting program is a 2-month mobile-Health (mHealth) parenting intervention which promote positive parenting (primary outcome) and support children's healthy nutrition, physical activity, and decrease screen-time (secondary outcomes).

Conditions

Parenting Practices

Co-parenting Practices

Child Eating and Dietary Behaviors

Child Physical Activity/active Play/outdoor Play

Child Screen Time

Study ID

NCT05802160

Start date

Apr 1, 2023

Status verified date

May, 2024

Completion date

Apr 2, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr 1, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 2 - 6

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Children must be:

  • Attending a childcare center invited to participate in the Good Start Matters study.
  • Older than 2.5 and younger than 6 years

Parents must:

  • Be the primary caregiver/legal guardian of an eligible child OR share childrearing responsibilities with an already enrolled primary caregiver/legal guardian of an eligible child
  • Be fluent in English
  • Have a cellphone number and smartphone device where they can receive text messages and download and access the app

Exclusion Criteria:

Parents and children:

- Currently participating in a pediatric weight management program or in a nutritional program are not eligible.

Children:

  • With severe dietary restrictions that limit their ability to follow general nutritional guidelines for toddlers and preschoolers are not eligible.
  • With severe physical limitations that limit their ability to follow general movement behavior guidelines for toddlers and preschoolers are not eligible.

Study Design

Enrollment

118 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Good Start Matters Parenting intervention

The intervention group will receive immediate access to the app where the Good Start Matters - Parenting intervention will be delivered over a 2-months period.

no intervention: Control

The control group will not receive access to the intervention until they complete the follow-up measures (after 10 weeks).

Interventions

Good Start Matters - Parenting intervention

The Good Start Matters - Parenting intervention is a 2-month mobile-Health (mHealth) parenting program that aims to improve parenting practices and child health behaviors among British Columbian families of preschoolers. This intervention uses a familial approach and blends the best practices and evidence to promote positive parenting regarding 3 main areas: nutrition, physical activity, and screen-time; which altogether aim to support the development of healthy habits among young children. The mHealth app releases new material on a weekly basis and participants' engagement with the app takes about 30 minutes per week.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Parenting practices (parent outcome) [ Time Frame: Two time points (baseline and 10 weeks post intervention) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Louise Masse, PhD

604 875 2000lmasse@bcchr.ubc.ca

Olivia de Jongh, PhD

6048752000olivia.djgonzalez@bcchr.ca

Locations

University of British Columbia / BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

Recruiting

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4

Contacts

Louise Masse, PhD

6048752000lmasse@bcchr.ubc.ca

Olivia de Jongh, PhD

6048752000olivia.djgonzalez@bcchr.ca

More Information

Sponsor

University of British Columbia

Last update posted

Jan 14, 2025

Last verified

May, 2024

Keywords

  • Parenting intervention
  • mHealth
  • parenting practices
  • co-parenting
  • eating behavior
  • physical activity
  • active play
  • screen time

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of British Columbia on 2025-01-14.