Child Health Promotion in Underserved Communities: The FAMILIA Trial

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 73; no. 16; pp. 2011 - 2021
• Main Authors: Fernandez-Jimenez, Rodrigo, Jaslow, Risa, Bansilal, Sameer, Santana, Maribel, Diaz-Munoz, Raquel, Latina, Jacqueline, Soto, Ana V, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Al-Kazaz, Mohamed, Giannarelli, Chiara, Kovacic, Jason C, Bagiella, Emilia, Kasarskis, Andrew, Fayad, Zahi A, Hajjar, Roger J, Fuster, Valentin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 30.04.2019
• Subjects: Attitudes; Cardiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Caregivers; Child Welfare; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Childrens health; Cluster Analysis; Confidence intervals; Control methods; Curricula; Diet; Domains; Education; Families & family life; Female; Head Start project; Health Behavior; Health care; Health Education - organization & administration; Health promotion; Health Promotion - organization & administration; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Intervention; Lifestyles; Linear Models; Male; Medically Underserved Area; New York City; Parents & parenting; Physical activity; Poverty - statistics & numerical data; Preschool children; Primary Prevention - methods; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; Randomization; Schools; Schools - organization & administration; Teachers; New York City; Colombia; Spain; exercise; health promotion; emotions; diet; vulnerable populations; attitude

Preschool-based interventions offer promise to instill healthy behaviors in children, which can be a strategy to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease later. However, their efficacy in underserved communities is not well established. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a pres...