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Water is K'é: Multi-level Intervention to Promote Healthy Beverage Choices Among Navajo Families
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if a cultural intervention for Navajo families will improve healthy beverage habits, health outcomes, and family cohesion. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does Water is K'é results in healthier beverage habits among children aged 2 to 5, compared with children in a control group? * Does the intervention improve the health of other family members? * How does the intervention affect family well-being? Participants will take part in a four-month program at the early child education site (such as a Head Start or the Bureau of Indian Affair's Family and Child Education or FACE Program) where the child is enrolled. They will take part in lesson plans, a social media campaign, and a family water access plan. Researchers will compare the participating families with families at wait-list early child educations sites. We will collect information through surveys, health measurements, and qualitative interviews and compare results to learn if Water is K'e improves health behaviors, health outcomes, and family cohesion.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
2 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1160
Start Date
2024-09-18
Completion Date
2028-12-31
Last Updated
2025-03-24
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Water is K'é
Four-month multi-level, family-based intervention that is grounded in Navajo culture and promotes individual knowledge, motivation and skills; social norms; and environmental changes (access to drinking water). At minimum, the enrolled child and primary caregiver will attend monthly sessions, with an open invitation to other family members. Families will also receive social media posts and develop a family access plan by selecting strategies (if needed) to boost their confidence in their water sources at home. ECE sites will also develop a tailored access plan, selecting strategies to increase confidence in water offered at the ECE site, and implement their access plan with study team support.
Locations (1)
Navajo Nation Head Start
Window Rock, Arizona, United States