Healthy Eating and Active Living Taught at Home (HEALTH)
A lifestyle intervention derived from the Diabetes Prevention Program was embedded within Parents as Teachers entitled Healthy Eating and Active Living Taught at home (HEALTH). Clinically significant weight loss and reduced weight gain was shown for those receiving HEALTH.
Project Staff
Principal Investigator: Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD
Co- investigators: Ross Brownson, PhD, Samuel Klein, MD, Timothy McBride, PhD, Kenneth Schechtman, PhD
Research Team: Christina Lapka, MS, RD; Cindy Schwarz, MPH, MS, RD; Karen Steger-May, MA; Kim Casey; Deanna Schneider; Lisa Williams
Graduate Research Assistants: Hephzibah Anthony, Leah Gable, ShaCoria Winston
Project Partners
Project Dates: 2011-2017
Funding Source
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Publications
Anthony H, Tabak R, Morshed AB, Schwarz C, Phad A, Haire-Joshu D. 2020. Awareness and accuracy of height and weight among mothers and their preschool-aged children. Public Health. 182:151-154.
Tabak RG, Morshed AB, Schwarz CD, Haire-Joshu D. 2019. Weight gain prevention content delivered to mothers: Lessons from an intervention embedded in a community organization. Obes Sci Pract. 18;5(6):540-547.
Morshed AB, Tabak RG, Schwarz CD, Haire-Joshu D. 2019. The Impact of a Healthy Weight Intervention Embedded in a Home-Visiting Program on Children’s Weight and Mothers’ Feeding Practices. J Nutr Educ Behav. 51(2):237-244.
Haire-Joshu D, Schwarz C. D., Lapka C, Schechtman K, Brownson R, Tabak R. 2018. A Weight Change Intervention Embedded in a National Home Visiting Program: A Randomized Trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Am J Prev Med 54(3):341-351.
Tabak, R.G., Moreshed, A.B., Schwarz, C. D., Haire-Joshu, D. 2018 Impact of a Healthy Weight Intervention Embedded Within a National Home Visiting Program on the Home Food Environment. Frontiers in Public Health 6:178
Tabak, R.G., Schwarz, C. D., Haire-Joshu, D. 2017 Associations between feeding practices and maternal and child weight among mothers who do and do not correctly identify their child’s weight status. Obesity Science & Practice 3(1): 51-58
Presentations
Haire-Joshu, D., Schwarz, C.D., Tabak, R.G. An Intervention Embedded in a National Home Visiting Program to Prevent Excess Weight Gain. Obesity Week 2017, Selected for Poster Tour, Washington DC. (October, 2017)
Anthony, H., Tabak, R.G., Morshed, A., Schwarz, C.D., Phad, A., Haire-Joshu, D. Assessing Self-Reporting Status of Mother’s and Child’s Weights. Institute of Public Health at Washington University’s Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States. (September, 2017)
Winston, S., Schwarz, C.D., Steger-May, K., Tabak, R.G., Haire-Joshu, D. Obesity Prevention and Control in Overweight and Obese Mothers of Preschool Children. Institute of Public Health at Washington University’s Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States. (November, 2016)
Tabak, R. G., Schwarz, C.D., Haire-Joshu, D. Maternal Feeding Practices and Preschool Children at Risk for Obesity and Diabetes. 76th Scientific Session, American Diabetes Association, New Orleans, LA, United States. (June, 2016)
Tabak, R.G., Gable, L., Schwarz, C.D., Steger-May, K., Haire-Joshu, D. Associations Between Feeding Practices and Maternal and Child Weight Among Mothers Who Do Not Correctly Identify Child’s Weight Status. Institute of Public Health at Washington University’s Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States. (November, 2015)
Schwarz, C.D., Lapka, C., Steger-May, K., Tabak, R.G., Haire-Joshu, D. Television Viewing Habits of Overweight and Obese Mothers Enrolled in HEALTH. Institute of Public Health at Washington University’s Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States. (October, 2014)
Schwarz, C.D., Lapka, C., Yount, B., Steger-May, K., Bednarski, M., Haire-Joshu, D. Child-feeding Behaviors and Concerns about Weight of Obese Mothers of Preschoolers. Institute of Public Health at Washington University’s Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States. (October, 2013)
Media
Home Visits Can Promote Healthy Changes for Children.
By Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis on August 10, 2018
Diabetes intervention plus home visits boosts weight loss in mothers with overweight, obesity
By Melissa J. Webb on April 11, 2018
Diabetes intervention works best at home
By Brandie Jefferson on March 26, 2018
Health Gains in Mothers Achieved Through Parents as Teachers
By Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis on March 5, 2018