TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of the Intervention Mapping protocol to develop Keys, a family child care home intervention to prevent early childhood obesity
AU - Mann, Courtney M.
AU - Ward, Dianne S.
AU - Vaughn, Amber
AU - Benjamin Neelon, Sara E.
AU - Long Vidal, Lenita J.
AU - Omar, Sakinah
AU - Namenek Brouwer, Rebecca J.
AU - Østbye, Truls
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Tom Copeland for supporting our project by providing training and educational materials on family child care home business practices to study staff during the development phase of the Keys project as well as consulting on development of intervention matrices/business module content. Additionally, we thank him for allowing us to use his previously developed educational materials as a base for the business modules of our program. Additionally, we would like to thank Derek Hales, Tracy Itty, and Rachel Bartlett for contributions to project. This study was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01HL108390). The funders did not play a role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Mann et al.
PY - 2015/12/10
Y1 - 2015/12/10
N2 - Background: Many families rely on child care outside the home, making these settings important influences on child development. Nearly 1.5 million children in the U.S. spend time in family child care homes (FCCHs), where providers care for children in their own residences. There is some evidence that children in FCCHs are heavier than those cared for in centers. However, few interventions have targeted FCCHs for obesity prevention. This paper will describe the application of the Intervention Mapping (IM) framework to the development of a childhood obesity prevention intervention for FCCHs Methods: Following the IM protocol, six steps were completed in the planning and development of an intervention targeting FCCHs: needs assessment, formulation of change objectives matrices, selection of theory-based methods and strategies, creation of intervention components and materials, adoption and implementation planning, and evaluation planning Results: Application of the IM process resulted in the creation of the Keys to Healthy Family Child Care Homes program (Keys), which includes three modules: Healthy You, Healthy Home, and Healthy Business. Delivery of each module includes a workshop, educational binder and tool-kit resources, and four coaching contacts. Social Cognitive Theory and Self-Determination Theory helped guide development of change objective matrices, selection of behavior change strategies, and identification of outcome measures. The Keys program is currently being evaluated through a cluster-randomized controlled trial Conclusions: The IM process, while time-consuming, enabled rigorous and systematic development of intervention components that are directly tied to behavior change theory and may increase the potential for behavior change within the FCCHs.
AB - Background: Many families rely on child care outside the home, making these settings important influences on child development. Nearly 1.5 million children in the U.S. spend time in family child care homes (FCCHs), where providers care for children in their own residences. There is some evidence that children in FCCHs are heavier than those cared for in centers. However, few interventions have targeted FCCHs for obesity prevention. This paper will describe the application of the Intervention Mapping (IM) framework to the development of a childhood obesity prevention intervention for FCCHs Methods: Following the IM protocol, six steps were completed in the planning and development of an intervention targeting FCCHs: needs assessment, formulation of change objectives matrices, selection of theory-based methods and strategies, creation of intervention components and materials, adoption and implementation planning, and evaluation planning Results: Application of the IM process resulted in the creation of the Keys to Healthy Family Child Care Homes program (Keys), which includes three modules: Healthy You, Healthy Home, and Healthy Business. Delivery of each module includes a workshop, educational binder and tool-kit resources, and four coaching contacts. Social Cognitive Theory and Self-Determination Theory helped guide development of change objective matrices, selection of behavior change strategies, and identification of outcome measures. The Keys program is currently being evaluated through a cluster-randomized controlled trial Conclusions: The IM process, while time-consuming, enabled rigorous and systematic development of intervention components that are directly tied to behavior change theory and may increase the potential for behavior change within the FCCHs.
KW - Childhood obesity
KW - Diet
KW - Family child care
KW - Intervention mapping
KW - Physical activity
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U2 - 10.1186/s12889-015-2573-9
DO - 10.1186/s12889-015-2573-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 26654726
AN - SCOPUS:84949753775
VL - 15
JO - BMC Public Health
JF - BMC Public Health
SN - 1471-2458
IS - 1
M1 - 1227
ER -