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B'More Healthy; Communities for Kids (BHCK)

A study testing Intervention in people with Obesity, run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The BHCK study will develop, implement, and evaluate a community-based obesity prevention program, which operates at multiple levels of an urban food system (policy, wholesaler, corner stores, carryout, household, individual; in Baltimore, MD), and will improve the healthy food supply chain to increase affordability… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 9 to 100 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Obesity
What is being tested?
Intervention
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
890 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2012to Jan 2018
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 9 to 100 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 9-14 years of age Living within one of the intervention neighborhoods Family does not anticipate moving outside of the study area during the duration of intervention
  • Parent/ legal guardian of a child ages 9-14 years of age Living within one of the intervention neighborhoods Family does not anticipate moving outside of the study area during the duration of intervention

Who cannot join

  • Families that do not have a child within the age range Families that do not live within the neighborhoods in the study area Families who will move outside the study area within the intervention timeframe

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205

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About this study

Official title: B'More Healthy: Communities for Kids (BHCK)

The BHCK study will develop, implement, and evaluate a community-based obesity prevention program, which operates at multiple levels of an urban food system (policy, wholesaler, corner stores, carryout, household, individual; in Baltimore, MD), and will improve the healthy food supply chain to increase affordability, availability, purchasing and consumption of healthy foods within low-income, minority neighborhoods.

Read the detailed description

Our overarching goal is to develop and evaluate a community-based obesity prevention program, which operates at multiple levels of an urban food system (policy, wholesaler, corner stores, carryout, household, individual; in Baltimore, MD), and will improve the healthy food supply chain to increase affordability, availability, purchasing and consumption of healthy foods within low-income minority neighborhoods. Our research will include stakeholders/ partners at different levels, e.g., the policy, wholesaler, retailer, adult caregiver, and individual child levels, and then develop, implement, and assess a two year multi-level systems-based child obesity prevention strategy targeting minority and low-income children (predominantly AA). Thirty low-income, predominantly AA geographic zones will be identified ("healthy eating zones"). Half of these zones will be randomized to intervention, while the other half will be control. Within each intervention zone we will work with 3-5 small food stores and prepared food sources to increase access to healthy foods through wholesaler discounts, display point of purchase promotional materials, and provide nutrition and food preparation education targeting youth and caregivers. We will work with local policymakers to institutionalize and sustain these changes.

The project will evaluate the impact of the program on: a) healthy food pricing and availability, b) low income African American adult food purchasing and preparation, and c) low-income African American youth diet, and associated psychosocial factors.

Conditions
Obesity
Being tested
Intervention
Keywords
African American, Adolescents, Urban, Food Desert, Food Insecurity, Obesity, Baltimore City, Peer mentors, Multi level, Policy, Caregivers, Systems, Agent Based Model, Systems Dynamic Model, Corner Store, Carryout, Recreation Center, Text Messaging, Social Media, Mapping
Medical subject headings
Obesity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • InterventionBehavioural

    Intervention components will occur at the policy level (working within Baltimore City policy makers to sustain intervention components, and develop virtual simulations of the Baltimore food environment); food wholesaler level (working with wholesalers to stock healthier food items and provide pricing incentives to storeowners on healthier foods); small food retail outlet level (working with corner store and carry-out owners to stock, promote, and sell healthier foods and beverages); neighborhood level (working with Baltimore college students to deliver nutrition intervention sessions to younger youth in recreation centers in intervention neighborhoods); household level (providing a text messaging and social media program that provides parents and caregivers tips for healthier eating in their respective neighborhoods).

Study groups in NCT02181010
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
InterventionExperimentalThe intervention is a multi-level, multi-component intervention designed to increase access to and consumption of healthier foods in low-income, urban, minority neighborhoods. Intervention components will occur at the policy level; food wholesaler level; small food retail outlet level; neighborhood level; household level.
Receives: Behavioral: Intervention
ControlNo interventionSimilar to many community- based public health research programs, the control arm will not receive any intervention components during the initial intervention period. However, after all assessments are completed they will receive a 'delayed intervention' protocol, where the community receives the intervention elements as described in the intervention arm after assessment measures have been completed.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Small Retail Food Store - Healthy Food Availability

    A food environment checklist (a modified from the NEMS questionnaire) will be conducted before and after the intervention to assess healthy food availability in both intervention and comparison neighborhoods/ stores.

    Measured: Up to 4 years

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Household Healthy Food Purchasing

    At the adult consumer level, we will use an Adult Impact Questionnaire to examine trends in frequency of purchasing of specific promoted foods pre- and post-intervention. We will score the questionnaire to look at individual food items, as well as at changes in groups of foods developed previously (e.g., healthy and unhealthy food scores, and based on Healthy Eating Index categories).

    Measured: Up to 4 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted3 Jul 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2012
  3. Primary completionDec 2017
  4. Study completionJan 2018

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Factorial
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
890 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02181010
Sponsor's protocol ID
111189
Acronym
BHCK
Status last verified
Oct 2022
First submitted
20 Jun 2014
Last updated
7 Oct 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Coakley HL, Steeves EA, Jones-Smith JC, Hopkins L, Braunstein N, Mui Y, Gittelsohn J. Combining Ground-Truthing and Technology to Improve Accuracy in Establishing Children's Food Purchasing Behaviors. J Hunger Environ Nutr. 2014;9(3):418-430. doi: 10.1080/19320248.2014.898173.

    PubMed 25729465
  • Gittelsohn J, Anderson Steeves E, Mui Y, Kharmats AY, Hopkins LC, Dennis D. B'More Healthy Communities for Kids: design of a multi-level intervention for obesity prevention for low-income African American children. BMC Public Health. 2014 Sep 11;14:942. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-942.

    PubMed 25209072
  • Anderson Steeves E, Martins PA, Gittelsohn J. Changing the Food Environment for Obesity Prevention: Key Gaps and Future Directions. Curr Obes Rep. 2014 Dec;3(4):451-8. doi: 10.1007/s13679-014-0120-0.

    PubMed 25574452
  • Gudzune KA, Welsh C, Lane E, Chissell Z, Anderson Steeves E, Gittelsohn J. Increasing access to fresh produce by pairing urban farms with corner stores: a case study in a low-income urban setting. Public Health Nutr. 2015 Oct;18(15):2770-4. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015000051. Epub 2015 Feb 4.

    PubMed 25649045
  • Gittelsohn J, Mui Y, Adam A, Lin S, Kharmats A, Igusa T, Lee BY. Incorporating Systems Science Principles into the Development of Obesity Prevention Interventions: Principles, Benefits, and Challenges. Curr Obes Rep. 2015 Jun;4(2):174-81. doi: 10.1007/s13679-015-0147-x.

    PubMed 26069864
  • Sattler M, Hopkins L, Anderson Steeves E, Cristello A, Mccloskey M, Gittelsohn J, Hurley K. Characteristics of Youth Food Preparation in Low-Income, African American Homes: Associations with Healthy Eating Index Scores. Ecol Food Nutr. 2015;54(4):380-96. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2014.1001982. Epub 2015 Feb 23.

    PubMed 25706350
  • Vedovato GM, Surkan PJ, Jones-Smith J, Steeves EA, Han E, Trude AC, Kharmats AY, Gittelsohn J. Food insecurity, overweight and obesity among low-income African-American families in Baltimore City: associations with food-related perceptions. Public Health Nutr. 2016 Jun;19(8):1405-16. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015002888. Epub 2015 Oct 6.

    PubMed 26441159
  • Anderson Steeves E, Jones-Smith J, Hopkins L, Gittelsohn J. Perceived Social Support From Friends and Parents for Eating Behavior and Diet Quality Among Low-Income, Urban, Minority Youth. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2016 May;48(5):304-310.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.12.014. Epub 2016 Feb 8.

    PubMed 26865358
  • Gittelsohn J, Trude A. Environmental Interventions for Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2015;61 Suppl(Suppl):S15-6. doi: 10.3177/jnsv.61.S15.

    PubMed 26598834
  • Mui Y, Lee BY, Adam A, Kharmats AY, Budd N, Nau C, Gittelsohn J. Healthy versus Unhealthy Suppliers in Food Desert Neighborhoods: A Network Analysis of Corner Stores' Food Supplier Networks. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Nov 30;12(12):15058-74. doi: 10.3390/ijerph121214965.

    PubMed 26633434
  • Wong MS, Nau C, Kharmats AY, Vedovato GM, Cheskin LJ, Gittelsohn J, Lee BY. Using a computational model to quantify the potential impact of changing the placement of healthy beverages in stores as an intervention to "Nudge" adolescent behavior choice. BMC Public Health. 2015 Dec 23;15:1284. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2626-0.

    PubMed 26700158
  • Sato PM, Steeves EA, Carnell S, Cheskin LJ, Trude AC, Shipley C, Mejia Ruiz MJ, Gittelsohn J. A youth mentor-led nutritional intervention in urban recreation centers: a promising strategy for childhood obesity prevention in low-income neighborhoods. Health Educ Res. 2016 Apr;31(2):195-206. doi: 10.1093/her/cyw011. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

    PubMed 26936480
  • Ewart-Pierce E, Mejia Ruiz MJ, Gittelsohn J. "Whole-of-Community" Obesity Prevention: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities in Multilevel, Multicomponent Interventions. Curr Obes Rep. 2016 Sep;5(3):361-74. doi: 10.1007/s13679-016-0226-7.

    PubMed 27379620
  • Trude ACB, Surkan PJ, Cheskin LJ, Gittelsohn J. A multilevel, multicomponent childhood obesity prevention group-randomized controlled trial improves healthier food purchasing and reduces sweet-snack consumption among low-income African-American youth. Nutr J. 2018 Oct 29;17(1):96. doi: 10.1186/s12937-018-0406-2.

    PubMed 30373597
  • Trude ACB, Kharmats AY, Jones-Smith JC, Gittelsohn J. Exposure to a multi-level multi-component childhood obesity prevention community-randomized controlled trial: patterns, determinants, and implications. Trials. 2018 May 22;19(1):287. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2663-y.

    PubMed 29788977

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Intervention in people with Obesity, run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Oct 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Small Retail Food Store - Healthy Food Availability (time frame: Up to 4 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02181010, which also lists 15 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Oct 2022; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.

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