Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2015
Connect for Health: Design of a clinical-community childhood obesity intervention testing best practices of positive outliers.
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- Prioritizing Clinically Relevant Criteria for Longitudinal Obesity Management: A Systemic Framework to Support Decision-Making.Obesity surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Psychometrics of the modified family-centered care assessment short version for childhood obesity.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Trial
- Family-centeredness of childhood obesity interventions: psychometrics & outcomes of the family-centered care assessment tool.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Trial
- Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention.Pediatrics · 2017Trial
- Comparative Effectiveness of Clinical-Community Childhood Obesity Interventions: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA pediatrics · 2017Trial
- A Community Resource Map to Support Clinical-Community Linkages in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Childhood Obesity, Eastern Massachusetts, 2014-2016.Preventing chronic disease · 2017Trial
- Correlates of Resource Empowerment among Parents of Children with Overweight or Obesity.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2017Trial
- A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity.Journal of obesity · 2016Trial
- Parents' Willingness to Pay for Pediatric Weight Management Programs.Academic pediatricsTrial
- Testing theChildhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
- Leveraging the Positive Deviance Approach to Drive Behavior Change in Noncommunicable Diseases: A Scoping Review.Public health challenges · 2026Review
- Evaluating Telehealth Quality Outcomes of a Pediatric Weight Management Program.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2026Article
- Development and application of a cost tool for a primary care-based intensive health behaviour and lifestyle treatment.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Estimated Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of a Pediatric Weight Management Program.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Codevelopment of an mHealth App With Health Care Providers, Digital Health Experts, Community Partners, and Families for Childhood Obesity Management: Protocol for a Co-Design Process.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Food and Housing Insecurity, COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on Health-Related Activities, and Care Plans for Children with Obesity.Academic pediatrics · 2025Article
- Psychometrics of the modified Family-Centered Care Assessment short version for childhood obesity.Research square · 2024Article
- Evaluating the Implementation of the Connect for Health Pediatric Weight Management Program.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Connect for Health study is designed to assess whether a novel approach to care delivery that leverages clinical and community resources and addresses socio-contextual factors will improve body mass index (BMI) and family-centered, obesity-related outcomes of interest to parents and children. The intervention is informed by clinical, community, parent, and youth stakeholders and incorporates successful strategies and best practices learned from 'positive outlier' families, i.e., those who have succeeded in changing their health behaviors and improve their BMI in the context of adverse built and social environments.
designTwo-arm, randomized controlled trial with measures at baseline and 12 months after randomization.
participants2-12 year old children with overweight or obesity (BMI ≥ 85th percentile) and their parents/guardians recruited from 6 pediatric practices in eastern Massachusetts.
interventionChildren randomized to the intervention arm receive a contextually-tailored intervention delivered by trained health coaches who use advanced geographic information system tools to characterize children's environments and neighborhood resources. Health coaches link families to community-level resources and use multiple support modalities including text messages and virtual visits to support families over a one-year intervention period. The control group receives enhanced pediatric care plus non-tailored health coaching.
main outcome measuresLower age-associated increase in BMI over a 1-year period. The main parent- and child-reported outcome is improved health-related quality of life.
conclusionsThe Connect for Health study seeks to support families in leveraging clinical and community resources to improve obesity-related outcomes that are most important to parents and children.
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