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ArticleBMC public health2022

Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a family strengthening program to prevent unhealthy weight gain among 5 to 11-year-old children from at-risk families: the Strong Families Trial.

Cristy Brooks, Catherine Helson, Madalyn McCormack, Louise A Baur, Timothy Gill, Julie Green, Baki Billah, Paula Cronin, Anoop Johar, Jennifer Plaskett and 3 more

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Article in BMC public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Cristy BrooksTranslational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. c.brooks@westernsydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-1022-0747
Catherine HelsonSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1443-1050
Madalyn McCormackTranslational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Louise A BaurSydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Timothy GillSydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Julie GreenMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6741-5759
Baki BillahSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Paula CroninUniversity of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Anoop JoharWestern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jennifer PlaskettWestern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Michelle NolanWestern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Monika LatanikWestern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Andre M N RenzahoTranslational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6844-0833

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundObesity is an increasing health concern in Australia among adult and child populations alike and is often associated with other serious comorbidities. While the rise in the prevalence of childhood obesity has plateaued in high-income countries, it continues to increase among children from disadvantaged and culturally diverse backgrounds. The family environment of disadvantaged populations may increase the risk of childhood obesity through unhealthy eating and lifestyle practices. The Strong Families Trial aims to assess the effectiveness of a mixed behavioural and lifestyle intervention for parents and carers of at-risk populations, i.e. families from culturally diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds, in preventing unhealthy weight gain among children aged 5 to 11 years.

methodsEight hundred families from low socio-economic areas in Greater Western Sydney, NSW, and Melbourne, VIC, will be recruited and randomised into a lifestyle intervention or control group. The intervention comprises 90-minute weekly sessions for 6 weeks (plus two-booster sessions) of an integrated, evidence-based, parenting and lifestyle program that accounts for the influences of family functioning. Primary (anthropometric data) and secondary (family functioning, feeding related parenting, physical activity, consumption of healthy foods, health literacy, family and household costs) outcome measures will be assessed at baseline, immediately following the intervention, and 12 months post-intervention. DISCUSSION: This study will elucidate methods for engaging socially disadvantaged and culturally diverse groups in parenting programs concerned with child weight status.

trial registrationThis study is registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ( ACTRN12619001019190 ). Registered 16 July 2019.

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Pediatric ObesityAdultAustraliaChildChild, PreschoolHumansParentingParentsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicWeight GainChildrenCulturally diverseDisadvantageFamilyLifestyleObesityParentingWeight gain

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PMID35717146
PMCPMC9206134

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