Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Code:

NCT06389084

Conditions

Child Eating Behaviours

Child Nutrition

Early Child Development

Parenting

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 2 - 5

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Parents Together parenting course

Study Details

Brief summary:

The Parents Together trial aims to determine if the Parents Together program consisting of virtual parent group sessions and coaching calls, will result in better health outcomes for children. The program which is facilitated by a Public Health Nurse seeks to encourage healthy lifestyle behaviours, help build strong family relationships, and promote child development and mental health.

Conditions

Child Eating Behaviours

Child Nutrition

Early Child Development

Parenting

Study ID

NCT06389084

Start date

Jun 1, 2024

Status verified date

Dec, 2024

Completion date

Dec 31, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar 31, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 2 - 5

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Child enrolled in the The Applied Reearch Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!) cohort study Family is able to participate in English

Exclusion Criteria:

Children with a sibling already enrolled in the study Children with severe developmental delay or disability

Study Design

Enrollment

128 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention/treatment

One or two caregivers of each enrolled child will attend an 8-week virtual parent/caregiver education program delivered by a Public Health Nurse. Additionally, the Public Health Nurse will deliver up to 4 individual coaching calls designed to address participant-identified goals related to the group content. The coaching calls will focus on helping to apply the messages and skills from the group sessions and making community connections.

no intervention: Control

Participants randomized to the control group receive regular health care.

Interventions

Parents Together parenting course

parenting course and coaching calls

Primary outcome measure

  • Child eating behaviours [ Time Frame: 6 months post-randomization ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Catherine Birken, MD, MSc

416-813-7654catherine.birken@sickkids.ca

Michelle Mitchell

416-525-5417michelle.mitchell@sickkids.ca

Locations

St. Michaels Hospital Pediatric Outpatient Clinic

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contacts

Jonathon Maguire

416-867-3655jonathon.maguire@unityhealth.to

The Hospital for Sick Children

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contacts

Catherine Birken, MD

(416) 813-1500cbirken@sickkids.ca

More Information

Sponsor

The Hospital for Sick Children

Last update posted

Dec 18, 2024

Last verified

Dec, 2024

Keywords

  • child eating behaviours
  • child nutrition
  • parenting
  • early child development

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Hospital for Sick Children on 2024-12-18.