Effect of Hip Hop Nutrition-Math Curriculum

Description

This study is testing the efficacy of the integrative approach to: 1. teach 5th grade children menu board calorie literacy as measured by our novel recently validated menu board calorie literacy (MBCL) instrument; 2. provide strategies designed to improve food purchasing behaviors; and 3. facilitate the transmission of core lesson messages from children to parents via a procedure that we have termed "Child Mediated Health Communication (CMHC)".

Conditions

Health Behavior

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study is testing the efficacy of the integrative approach to: 1. teach 5th grade children menu board calorie literacy as measured by our novel recently validated menu board calorie literacy (MBCL) instrument; 2. provide strategies designed to improve food purchasing behaviors; and 3. facilitate the transmission of core lesson messages from children to parents via a procedure that we have termed "Child Mediated Health Communication (CMHC)".

Effect of an Integrated Nutrition-math Curriculum to Improve Food-purchasing Behavior of Children

Effect of Hip Hop Nutrition-Math Curriculum

Condition
Health Behavior
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New York

Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States, 10032

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 5th grade student participating in the New York Edge after school program
  • * Absence of Internet access at home
  • * No working phone line
  • * Major psychiatric disability or medical condition that may affect participation (e.g., psychotic illness, terminal illness)
  • * Non-English speaking students

Ages Eligible for Study

9 Years to 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Columbia University,

Olajide A. Williams, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Columbia University

Study Record Dates

2025-06