THRIVE for Health

Transforming Human Relationships into Valuable Experiences (THRIVE) for Health

PURPOSE:  THRIVE for Health was a family-based intervention to promote healthy weight behaviors in preschool children from underserved families by enhancing parents’ life skills.

PROGRAM.  This pilot project was a randomized, controlled intervention. The 10-week intervention included parent meetings, motivational messages sent by text or email, and follow-up telephone calls to participants. Children in the intervention arm also participated in a fun child program. Families in the control arm participated in a children’s book club. Measures were obtained from all parent-child dyads at baseline, post-intervention, and at a 2-month maintenance follow-up.

REACH:  A total of 106 families was be asked to participate in this pilot study.

GRANTOR

National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

TEAM

Temitope Erinosho, PhD – Principal Investigator

To learn more about THRIVE for Health please email us at chwr@unc.edu.