Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity: WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity.

Steven Allender, Lynne Millar, Peter Hovmand, Colin Bell, Marj Moodie, Rob Carter, Boyd Swinburn, Claudia Strugnell, Janette Lowe, Kayla de la Haye, Liliana Orellana, Sue Morgan

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health 2017;13(11):1143

PMID: 27854354

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Abstract

: Community-based initiatives show promise for preventing childhood obesity. They are characterized by community leaders and members working together to address complex local drivers of energy balance. : To present a protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in ten communities in the Great South Coast Region of Victoria, Australia to test whether it is possible to: (1) strengthen community action for childhood obesity prevention, and (2) measure the impact of increased action on risk factors for childhood obesity. The WHO STOPS intervention involves a facilitated community engagement process that: creates an agreed systems map of childhood obesity causes for a community; identifies intervention opportunities through leveraging the dynamic aspects of the system; and, converts these understandings into community-built, systems-oriented action plans. Ten communities will be randomized (1:1) to intervention or control in year one and all communities will be included by year three. The primary outcome is childhood obesity prevalence among grade two (ages 7-8 y), grade four (9-10 y) and grade six (11-12 y) students measured using our established community-led monitoring system (69% school and 93% student participation rate in government and independent schools). An additional group of 13 external communities from other regions of Victoria with no specific interventions will provide an external comparison. These communities will also allow us to assess diffusion of the intervention to control communities during the first three years of the trial. : This trial will test effectiveness, over a five-year period, of community-owned, -supported and -led strategies designed to address complex and dynamic causes of childhood obesity.

Address: Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Brown School's Social System Design Lab, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA. [email protected].; Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Deakin Health Economics, Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Deakin Health Economics, Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Population Nutrition and Global Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ 1142, USA. [email protected].; Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Southern Grampians and Glenelg Primary Care Partnership, Hamilton, NZ 3300, USA. [email protected].; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. [email protected].; Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne 3125, Australia. [email protected].; Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Geelong 3220, Australia. [email protected].

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13111143

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MeSH Terms: Child, Cluster Analysis, Community Health Services, Community Networks, Female, Health Education, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Organizational Objectives, Pediatric Obesity, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Victoria, World Health Organization