ProActive Assessment of Obesity Risk during Infancy Version 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A feasibility study of an interactive educational programme to facilitate Proactive Assessment of Obesity Risk during Infancy (ProAsk)
IRAS ID
170278
Contact name
Sarah A Redsell
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Anglia Ruskin University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 29 days
Research summary
Children who are above healthy weight are more likely to be ill and to miss time off school. Being overweight or obese in childhood can also sow the seeds for health problems in later life such as heart disease and diabetes. Most children who are an unhealthy weight become overweight or obese adults. One solution is to try to prevent children becoming overweight by intervening very early in life. The risk factors for childhood overweight are known and this project aims to facilitate parents’ (and other carers’) understanding about this for their infant and to enable them to access intervention. UK health visitors (public health nurses) will use an interactive, multimedia programme (Proactive Assessment of Obesity Risk during infancy (ProAsk)), with parents to calculate their infant’s risk and to discuss strategies for risk reduction as appropriate. Health visitors will be trained to communicate obesity risk and in Motivational Interviewing techniques to enable them to offer intervention to parents of infants identified as at risk.
This feasibility study of ProAsk will take place in two healthcare provider organisations in the UK. The purpose of this is to a) determine the acceptability and utility of the ProAsk intervention with health visitors and parents and b) gather information to inform the trial design and data collection procedures for a future Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT).REC name
East of England - Essex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/EE/0011
Date of REC Opinion
26 Feb 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion