ArticleBMJ open2019
Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids UK, a weight management programme for fathers: feasibility RCT.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of recruitment and retention of ethnic minorities and migrants in obesity prevention randomised controlled trials.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review examining socioeconomic factors in trials of interventions for men that report weight as an outcome.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Recruiting men from across the socioeconomic spectrum via GP registers and community outreach to a weight management feasibility randomised controlled trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Trial
- Insights for dementia risk reduction among lower SES adults in OECD countries: scoping review of interventions targeting multiple common health risk factors.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Gender-sensitive community weight-loss programmes to address overweight and obesity in men: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015-2021.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Adapting interventions to new contexts-the ADAPT guidance.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Article
- Guidelines for Evaluating the Feasibility of Recruitment in Pilot Studies of Diverse Populations: An Overlooked but Important Component.Ethnicity & disease · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess (1) the feasibility of delivering a culturally adapted weight management programme, Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids United Kingdom (HDHK-UK), for fathers with overweight or obesity and their primary school-aged children, and (2) the feasibility of conducting a definitive randomised controlled trial (RCT).
designA two-arm, randomised feasibility trial with a mixed-methods process evaluation.
settingSocioeconomically disadvantaged, ethnically diverse localities in West Midlands, UK.
participantsFathers with overweight or obesity and their children aged 4-11 years.
interventionParticipants were randomised in a 1:2 ratio to control (family voucher for a leisure centre) or intervention comprising 9 weekly healthy lifestyle group sessions. OUTCOMES: Feasibility of the intervention and RCT was assessed according to prespecified progression criteria: study recruitment, consent and follow-up, ability to deliver intervention, intervention fidelity, adherence and acceptability, weight loss, using questionnaires and measurements at baseline, 3 and 6 months, and through qualitative interviews.
resultsThe study recruited 43 men, 48% of the target sample size; the mean body mass index was 30.2 kg/m
conclusionsThe intervention was well received, but there were significant challenges in recruitment, programme delivery and follow-up. The HDHK-UK study was not considered feasible for progression to a full RCT based on prespecified stop-go criteria. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN16724454.
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