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Testing a family program to support healthy weight in rural children

Compares two ways of delivering a family program for children with obesity in rural areas.

Key facts

Who runs it
University of Utah
Where
Salt Lake City, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Registry title
Scaling up Building Healthy Families
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
150 people, planned
Started
1 Nov 2025
Expected to end
30 Jun 2030
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Building Healthy Families Program
Record updated
10 June 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for families with a child aged 5 to 13 years with a BMI at or above the 85th percentile. A parent or caregiver must attend sessions with the child. Communities and their implementation teams also take part.

Age
Children 5 to 13 years old; adults 18 years or older for community implementation team members.
Sex
All sexes can join.
Disease stage
The child has a BMI at or above the 85th percentile.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • No child aged 5 to 13 years with a BMI at or above the 85th percentile in the family
  • No parent or caregiver who agrees to attend sessions with the child
  • Community not willing to be randomized to either study condition
  • Community not willing to form a Community Implementation Team

The registry criteria, word for word

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Other criteria

  • Communities must respond to a call for proposals by submitting a letter of intent and a brief narrative describing the local need for BHF and readiness for implementation. Community eligibility for this trial includes:
  • Any community is eligible to apply for the competitive BHF RFA process
  • BHF RFA scoring prioritizes community narratives that meet the following criteria: (1)Childhood obesity prevention and treatment are a priority health concern; (2) Communities and community-based organizations located in rural, frontier, or micropolitan areas, and/or that provide services to families from these areas; (3) Communities and community-based organizations that provide services or reach families in other low-resource contexts, such as areas with limited access to evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention/treatment interventions
  • The community is willing to be randomized to either study condition
  • The community is willing to form a Community Implementation Team (CIT) to implement BHF; Eligibility for Community Implementation Teams (CIT) includes:
  • Adults, age 18 years or older
  • Employed by or affiliated with the community-based organizations that applied and were selected through the bundled adoption strategy (i.e., LOI/RFA) process; BHF Program Family Eligibility:
  • Must have at least one child between the ages of 5 and 13 years with a BMI at or above the 85th percentile
  • One parent or caregiver must agree to attend BHF sessions with the child

Where in United States

  • University of UtahSalt Lake City, United StatesContact: Grace YounTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Evidence-based interventions for childhood obesity (EBI-CO) can improve children's weight status, but families in rural areas and small cities have limited access to the interdisciplinary healthcare teams recommended to deliver EBI-CO. To address this issue, the investigators adapted an EBI-CO, Building Healthy Families (BHF), which includes all materials and training resources necessary for rural program implementation. The pilot study found that when paired with opportunities to learn from the program developers and other community implementation teams, the packaged program led to effective delivery across 4 rural communities. This scale-up study will compare packaged BHF Resources with and without a learning collaborative facilitation strategy, examining outcomes including reach, effectiveness, implementation, and potential for sustainability in rural areas.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Building Healthy Families (BHF) Program Resources Package Only (BHF-PO)Existing treatment, for comparison

    The BHF Program Resources include an online train-the-trainer system, program materials, and a data portal for use by community-based implementation teams. Communities randomized to the BHF Program Resources Package Only (BHF-PO) study condition will have access to the online train-the-trainer system, program materials, and a data portal for use by community-based implementation teams. Community-based implementation teams (CITs) will use the BHF Program Resources to train and deliver the BHF Program to families in their community.

    Treatment: Building Healthy Families Program

  • Building Healthy Families Learning Collaborative (BHF-LC).Treatment being tested

    Communities randomized to the BHF-LC study condition have access to BHF Program Resources and enhanced training through the learning collaborative facilitation strategy. Community Implementation Team (CIT) members in this study condition will participate in the learning collaborative, which consists of quarterly virtual learning sessions (8 total), over a two-year period. In between learning sessions, each BHF-LC CIT will have a 1-hour 1:1 action period meeting with the research team. Community-based implementation teams (CITs) will use the BHF Program Resources to train and deliver the BHF Program to families in their community.

    Treatment: Building Healthy Families Program

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Scaling up Building Healthy Families in Rural Areas and Small Towns
Plain-language title
Testing a family program to support healthy weight in rural childrenGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
Record updated
10 June 2026