The Healthy Beginnings trial was developed in 2007 by Dr Li Ming Wen and Dr Chris Rissel (South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health District Health Promotion Service), together with Prof Louise Baur (University of Sydney) and was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC #393112 2007-2010). Healthy Beginnings is a nutrition and physical activity program for youth, delivered in elementary school classrooms and community centres/organizations in. At these set-intervals visits nurses provided advice on infant feeding, nutrition and physical activity, as well as discussing parent-child interaction, parenting style and family support. The intervention consisted of eight home visits from specially trained community nurses delivering a staged home-based intervention, one in the antenatal period, and seven at 1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months after birth. Timing of the visits was designed to coincide with early childhood developmental milestones.ĭuring the trial trained community nurses visited first-time mothers from disadvantaged areas of South Western Sydney. The Healthy Beginnings trial is a randomised controlled trial to test effectiveness of a home-based early intervention program designed to reduce family and behavioural risk factors for childhood obesity.
Mothers in the control group will receive usual care provided by the usual childhood nursing service from Community Health Service nurses in the local districts 4 times over the study period. This material was designed to coincide with early childhood developmental milestones, particularly with regards to feeding practices, nutrition and physical activity, and parent-child interactionsīased on the successful Healthy Beginnings Trial (2007-2010). The two intervention groups consist of: (i) SMS support + mail-outs and (ii) Telephone support + mail-outs and the control group mail out will cover usual care, in which all new mothers receive along with health safety promotion material and a newsletter on “Kids’ Safety” four times a year.īoth intervention groups will receive six packages of written materials by mail according to the developmental stage of their baby (third trimester of pregnancy, 0 - 2 months, 2 - 4 months, 4 - 6 months, 6 - 8 months and 8 - 12 months).
to 4:30 p.m.The study includes three arms the telephone intervention, text messaging intervention and the control group. Referrals to the Healthy Beginnings Program are accepted from individuals, family members, physicians, managed care organizations, health care workers, hospitals, government and community agencies. The Healthy Beginnings trial is a randomised controlled trial to test effectiveness of a home-based early intervention program designed to reduce family and. Telephonic and home-visiting case management services provided include teaching preventive health practices and self-care measures counseling on healthy behaviors for all family members and assisting clients in accessing resources. Staff Staff consists of a team of nurses and administrative support. No fees are charged for Healthy Beginnings services. Infants and children up to the age of 2 who have risk factors associated with poor health and developmental outcomes.Pregnant women who have a risk factor associated with poor pregnancy outcomes.Nurses and support staff provide case management through assessments, interventions and referrals to help clients relieve the psychosocial and behavioral risk factors associated with poor health and developmental outcomes.Īny Prince George’s County, Maryland resident who meets the following criteria is eligible for Healthy Beginnings Program services: The Healthy Beginnings Program offers services to promote healthy pregnancy outcomes and early health care practices for infants and children.
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