Healthy Children, Strong Families: American Indian Communities Preventing Obesity

"Healthy Children, Strong Families is a series of 13 lessons mailed to primary caregivers of preschool aged children that provide education and activities related to obesity prevention. The lessons cover topics related to nutrition, physical activity, stress, sleep, and the home environment. Lessons include printed materials and small items (for example, an apple sectioner) that support activities in the lessons. Social support components via a monitored Facebook group and approximately semiweekly text messages sent to caregivers are included. The intervention spans 1 year."

The Child Safety intervention is an active control condition consisting of monthly two-page newsletters covering various topics relevant to child safety such as choking, car safety seats, bike and pedestrian safety. The intervention spans 1 year.