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Overview
Target Behavior: Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Reduced Screen Time, Other: Sleep, emotional regulation
Intervention Type: Direct Education
Intervention Reach and Adoption
Setting: Child care, Health care, Indian Tribal Organizations, School, Non-profit organizations, Home-based settings
Target Audience: Preschool (<5 years), Elementary School, Parents/Mothers/Fathers, Other: other adult caregivers
Race/Ethnicity: American Indian or Alaskan Native communities
Intervention Components
A unique aspect of the program is our Native Advisory Group who add traditional wisdom to the lessons, and the creation of our characters, Grandma and Igmu, who is her bobcat puppet “grandson.” The wisdom of the advisors is featured along with these two characters throughout the kit materials and in our short films and on the web and social media platforms. The use of a Native grandmother to model and demonstrate healthy behaviors with her grandson is in keeping with Native values of passing on knowledge for the next 7 generations. These characters also create excitement and buy-in from the target audience of Native families with young children.
Intervention Materials
Intervention Costs
Evidence Summary
- Adams AK, LaRowe TL, Cronin KA, et al. The Healthy Children, Strong Families intervention: design and community participation. J Prim Prev. 2012;33(4):175-185. doi:10.1007/s10935-012-0275-y
- Tomayko EJ, Prince RJ, Cronin KA, et al. Healthy Children, Strong Families 2: A randomized controlled trial of a healthy lifestyle intervention for American Indian families designed using community-based approaches. Clin Trials. 2017;14(2):152-161. doi:10.1177/1740774516685699
- Tomayko EJ, Prince RJ, Cronin KA, Adams AK. The Healthy Children, Strong Families intervention promotes improvements in nutrition, activity and body weight in American Indian families with young children. Public Health Nutr. 2016;19(15):2850-2859. doi:10.1017/S1368980016001014
- Tomayko EJ, Prince RJ, Cronin KA, Kim K, Parker T, Adams AK. The healthy Children, Strong Families 2 (HCSF2) randomized controlled trial improved healthy behaviors in American Indian families with young Children. Curr Dev Nutr. 2019;3(Suppl 2):53-62. doi:10.1093/cdn/nzy087
Evidence-based Approach: Research-Tested
Evaluation Indicators
Readiness and Capacity – Short Term (ST) | Changes – Medium Term (MT) | Effectiveness and Maintenance – Long Term (LT) | Population Results (R) | |
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Individual | ST1, ST3 | MT1, MT3 | ||
Environmental Settings | ||||
Sectors of Influence |
- ST1: Readiness to increase fruit and vegetable consumption; Readiness to decrease added sugar
- ST3: Readiness to increase physical activity; Readiness to reduce screen time
- MT1: Healthy diet pattern; Weekly fruit and vegetable (combined) consumption
- MT3: Moderate-Vigorous physical activity
Evaluation Materials
Additional Information
Contact Person(s):
Emily Tomayko
Email: emilytomayko@montana.edu
Phone: 406-994-4191