University of Missouri School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Informatics, Columbia, Missouri.
Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 Dec 31;17:E169. doi: 10.5888/pcd17.200214.
Community-based home visiting programs are recommended vehicles for early life-course interventions to prevent childhood obesity. We developed and implemented a proof-of-concept protocol for collecting child weight and length or height data for children aged 6 months to 5 years through Parents as Teachers (PAT) affiliates that were geographically dispersed throughout the United States. We implemented our protocol with 1 affiliate in each of 4 states. We assessed formative measures of the implementation from parent educators and site leaders and reviewed delivery process measures. Findings suggest that collecting data on child measurements through an existing home visiting program is 1) feasible (91% of estimated measurements achieved); 2) does not require much time (median, 0.5 hours spent per child); 3) is a positive experience for families (71% of parent educators indicated that families enjoyed the experience); and 4) is fairly accurate (82% of collected data met eligibility and quality standards).
基于社区的家庭探访项目是预防儿童肥胖的早期生命过程干预的推荐手段。我们制定并实施了一项概念验证协议，通过分布在美国各地的父母作为教师（PAT）附属机构为 6 个月至 5 岁的儿童收集儿童体重和长度或身高数据。我们在 4 个州的每个州的 1 个分支机构实施了我们的协议。我们评估了家长教育者和现场负责人实施的形成性措施，并审查了交付流程措施。调查结果表明，通过现有的家庭探访计划收集儿童测量数据是可行的（实现了估计测量值的 91%）；2）不需要太多时间（中位数，每个孩子花费 0.5 小时）；3）对家庭来说是一种积极的体验（71%的家长教育者表示家庭喜欢这种体验）；4）相当准确（82%的收集数据符合资格和质量标准）。
