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iAmHealthy Clinical Practice Guideline Study for Pediatric Obesity

This study, called iAmHealthy, is looking at ways to help children aged 6 to 11 who live in rural areas and have a higher than healthy body mass index (BMI). It's testing two approaches: a family-based educational program called iAmHealthy, which involves weekly and then monthly meetings for six months focusing on healthy living, and a control group that receives a monthly health newsletter. The goal is to see if these interventions can help improve a child's BMI over time, with measurements taken at the start, after 6 months, and up to 4 years later. You or your child might be able to join if your child is 6-11 years old, has a BMI in the 85th percentile or higher, lives in a rural area, and speaks English or Spanish. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 1024 participants. It uses a randomized controlled trial design, meaning participants will be assigned to either the iAmHealthy program or a newsletter group.
What's involved
If you participate, your family would attend weekly educational group meetings for three months, then monthly meetings for another three months. Your child's BMI will be measured at the start, at 6 months, and at year 4.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for changes in child BMI from baseline to 6 months and up to 4 years. Clinic audits will occur every six months for 3.5 years.

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NCT06888011

iAmHealthy Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG)

Recruiting
NAAges 6–11InterventionalTreatment
University of Kansas Medical Center
~1,024 participants
Updated 2026-04-13 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Participants: iAmHealthyParticipants: Newsletter

At a glance

Recruiting sites
4 of 4 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change from baseline to 6 months to year 4 in child body mass index (BMI)
Measured over Baseline, 6 months, year 4
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity
Rural Health
Clinical Practice Guideline

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Where it's being run

4 sites across 4 states
Kansas1
Nebraska1
Oklahoma1
South Carolina1

Study leadership

  • Ann Davis, PhD, MPH, ABPP · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Paul M Darden, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University Of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Who to contact

Ann M Davis, PhD, MPH, ABPP
[email protected]
913-588-6323
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Child is ages 6-11 years at consent
Child BMI %ile is ≥85th
Child lives in a rural area
Child/family speaks English or Spanish
History of collaboration with site awardee in research or quality improvement projects
In the past year at least 300 eligible potential participants
The clinic must have an electronic medical records system

Exclusion

Child has a physical limitation or injury that substantially limits physical mobility or has a planned medical treatment during the course of the trial that will substantially limit physical mobility
Child has a known medical issue that could affect protocol compliance (e.g., cancer)
Child and/or primary caregiver has a developmental delay or cognitive impairment that could affect protocol compliance
Child is enrolled in a weight-loss trial
Child has a sibling who has already consented in the trial
Unable to generate lists of children seen in clinic by date of visit, age, and zip code

What this trial measures

  • Change from baseline to 6 months to year 4 in child body mass index (BMI)Baseline, 6 months, year 4

    Height and weight will be collected remotely and used to calculate BMI, BMIz, BMI%ile and BMI%95th%ile.

  • Clinic: Independent clinic chart auditEvery six months for 3.5 years

    The primary outcome measure for the Healthy Clinics intervention will be a random audit of 40 medical records in each clinic every 6 months performed by highly trained research staff in each state who are fully independent of the participating medical clinic. The medical record, index visit and latest well visit (within that 6 months), will be audited for child BMI and BMI%ile, evidence of recognition of whether the patient has overweight/obesity, plan for addressing overweight/obesity, followup plan, and counseling for diet and activity. The purpose of the clinic chart audit is to assess the clinic's current activities around identification and treatment of overweight and obesity.