Physical Activity and Screen-Time Regulations in Childcare Centers - Aim 3

The objective is to establish community priorities for strategies to improve young children's health behaviors based on focus groups of stakeholders in the greater Baton Rouge area.

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Key information

Conditions

Childhood Obesity Behavior Body Weight Motor Activity Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Obesity Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pediatric Obesity Sedentary Behavior Signs and Symptoms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808, United States

About this study

Pause and Play (Aim 3) objective will be achieved through a series of taskforce and focus group meetings administered by the Mayor's Healthy City Initiative (MHCI). Meetings will include monthly meetings of the MHCI advisory boards composed of community stakeholders and focus groups of childcare center directors and parents. Stakeholders will create dissemination and implementation plans to leverage the findings of the project. We plan to conduct 2-3 focus groups of 8-10 parents and childcare directors, for a total of 16-30 participants. Participation in the focus group part of the study will last approximately 1 day.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Either a director of a licensed childcare center in East Baton Rouge Parish OR a legal guardian and/or primary caretaker of a child aged 3 to 5 years who is enrolled in a licensed childcare center
Able to understand and speak English
Willing to be audio-taped during the focus group (for transcription purposes)

Exclusion criteria

Being affiliated with 1 of the 10 childcare centers being assessed for Pause and Play Aims 1 or 2, either as a director/teacher or as a parent of a student
Cognitive impairments that interfere with participation in a group discussion

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Qualitative Concepts, Themes and Quotes of focus group participants

Time frame: 6 months

Generation of key words, phrases, and quotes coded as variable themes agreed upon by at least one other participant in the group and repeated independently in other focus groups. Transcripts will be imported into NVivo software (Version 10, QSR, Victoria, Austrailia) to allow for thematic evaluation. The evaluation process will include the following: 1) generation of key words, phrases, and quotes coded as variable themes agreed upon by at least one other participant in the group and repeated independently in another focus group; 2) grouping of variables based on unifying concepts and themes; and 3) review of the variable groupings to ensure consistency and relevance of proposed unifying concepts.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Other

Collaborators

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Registry information

Official study title

Physical Activity and Screen-Time Regulations in Childcare Centers: Influence on Young Children's Health Behaviors (Pause & Play) - Aim 3

Acronym: Pause and Play

Important dates

Study start: 2016
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Apr 26, 2016
Registry last updated: Mar 29, 2024

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