Enhancing BodyWorks: A Canine Health Literacy Module
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Official title
A Health-literacy Module for Overweight Adolescents and Their Parents on Canine Physical Activity, Nutrition and Behavior: Enhancing Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) BodyWorks Program at a Federally Qualified Health Center
Brief summary
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Dog ownership can serve as a vehicle for large-scale multi-level public health interventions, especially for pediatric overweight and obesity, due to dogs' unique place in children and adolescents' social networks.This study develops and tests a novel approach to design a Canine Health-Literacy module to enhance a Comprehensive Family Lifestyle Intervention BodyWorks, for dog-owning adolescents who have been diagnosed with overweight or obesity, and their parents. The results are anticipated to make an important step towards addressing the overweight and obesity epidemic among both people and companion dogs in the U.S.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04516252
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 202 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- BodyWorks Intervention Behavioral
- Canine Curriculum Behavioral
- Ecological Momentary Assessment Behavioral
- Physical Activity Trackers Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 9 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 26, 2021
- Primary completion
- Jan 12, 2025
- Completion
- Jan 12, 2025
- Last update posted
- Jun 30, 2026
2021 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AltaMed@CHLA | Los Angeles | California | 90057 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 30, 2026 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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