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Health4Life a Digital Intervention to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours From the Start of Life
Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet
Summary
The overall aim of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a digital intervention to support parents to create healthy lifestyle behaviours from the start of their infant's life, in order to prevent overweight and obesity. Using a randomized controlled trial with a hybrid type I implementation-effectiveness design we will: 1. evaluate the effectiveness of the 16-month Health4Life intervention on: 1. Children's' dietary intake, screen time, physical activity, and sleep 2. Children's body mass index (BMI) z-scores 3. Parental self-efficacy 2. Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the Health4Life app. 3. Evaluate and explore the implementation of the Health4Life app within primary child healthcare with regards to its: 1. acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility according to child healthcare nurses. 2. satisfaction and usage by parents.
Official title: Health4Life: A Digital Intervention to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours From the Start of Life: Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
0 Months - 2 Months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
504
Start Date
2025-04-01
Completion Date
2027-07-31
Last Updated
2025-08-27
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Health4Life app
Health4Life is a program based on the anticipatory guidance approach aiming to support parents create healthy lifestyle behaviours starting in early infancy. The intervention consists of ten themes over a 16 month period and incorporates interactive features such as quizzes.
Locations (1)
Karolinska Institutet
Huddinge, Sweden