Healthy Beginnings

Model effectiveness research report last updated: 2024

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Positive parenting practices

Findings rated high

Wen, L. M., Baur, L. A., Simpson, J. M., Xu, H., Hayes, A. J., Hardy, L. L., Williams, M., & Rissel, C. (2015). Sustainability of effects of an early childhood obesity prevention trial over time: A further 3-year follow-up of the Healthy Beginnings trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(6), 543–551. https:// doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0258

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Child TV watching: TV viewing time less than 60 min/day	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	3.5 years old	HBT Phase 2 vs. comparison RCT, Sydney, Australia, 2011-2014, full sample	415 children	Unadjusted proportion = 0.11	Unadjusted proportion = 0.06	Mean difference = 0.05	HomVEE calculated = 0.40	Not statistically significant, p= 0.07	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention.

Findings rated moderate

Wen, L. M., Baur, L. A., Simpson, J. M., Rissel, C., & Flood, V. M. (2011). Effectiveness of an early intervention on infant feeding practices and "tummy time": A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 165(8), 701-707.

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Tummy time-age started (4 to 8 weeks)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months	Sydney, Australia Healthy Beginnings Trial	561 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 0.22	Unadjusted mean = 0.26	Mean difference = -0.04	HomVEE calculated = -0.12	Statistically significant, p = 0.03	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors indicated that negative effect favors the treatment group.
Tummy time-age started (later than 8 weeks)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months	Sydney, Australia Healthy Beginnings Trial	561 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 0.19	Unadjusted mean = 0.25	Mean difference = -0.06	HomVEE calculated = -0.20	Statistically significant, p = 0.03	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors indicated that negative effect favors the treatment group.
Tummy time-age started (less than 4 weeks)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months	Sydney, Australia Healthy Beginnings Trial	561 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 0.58	Unadjusted mean = 0.49	Mean difference = 0.09	HomVEE calculated = 0.22	Statistically significant, p = 0.03
Tummy time-if daily	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months	Sydney, Australia Healthy Beginnings Trial	561 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 0.83	Unadjusted mean = 0.76	Mean difference = 0.07	HomVEE calculated = 0.25	Statistically significant, p = 0.05

Wen, L. M., Baur, L. A., Simpson, J. M., Rissel, C., Wardle, K., & Flood, V. M. (2012). Effectiveness of home based early intervention on children's BMI at age 2: Randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 344, e3732. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e3732

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Child watch TV >60 minutes/day-Complete Case Analysis	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	24 months	Sydney, Australia Healthy Beginnings Trial	434 children	Unadjusted mean = 0.14	Unadjusted mean = 0.22	Mean difference = -0.08	HomVEE calculated = -0.35	Statistically significant, p = 0.02	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors indicated that negative effect favors the treatment group.

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