A Sustainable Diet for Hadassah Employees Workers
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Purpose
The aim of this protocol is to use a multidisciplinary approach to convey nutrition and activity messages to randomly selected Hadassah Medical Center employees. The intervention will be for one academic year and include frontal talks, email and internet focus group interactions, public demonstrations and a focused intervention within the hospital kitchen.
The outcomes are specific parameters of dietary modifications, degree of physical activity and health related perspectives. Outcomes will be recorded at baseline and by the end of the intervention ( one year).
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Obesity Physical Activity |
Behavioral: Nutritional and Activity Promotion |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | A Sustainable Diet for Hadassah Employees |
- Change in amount of fruit/vegetable consumption per day [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Amount of fruit/vegetable consumption will be evaluated via questionnaires
- Amount of physical activity per week [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Amount of physical activity will be assessed via questionnaires
- Amount of soft drinks consumed per day [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The amount of soft drinks consumed per day will be assessed via questionnaires
| Estimated Enrollment: | 450 |
| Study Start Date: | January 2013 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | October 2014 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | January 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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Experimental: The study has a single arm
The study has one arm The whole population of the campus will be exposed to the intervention. the effectiveness will be assessed using a random selection twice - before and after the intervention
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Behavioral: Nutritional and Activity Promotion
Multi disciplinary nutritional and behavioral messages to improve diet and activity levels
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Detailed Description:
The participants will be selected randomly from the campus employees. They will be exposed to multiple levels of health promotion at the work place as well as via multiple media tools. Analysis will be performed at baseline by using multiple nutrition and health perception questionnaires. A second group from the employees will be selected for assessment of the same outcomes at the end of the year.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years to 67 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Hadassah medical center employees Age 21-67
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Exclusion Criteria:
- Refusal to participate
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Dorit Adler, MPH | 02677551 |
| Israel | |
| Hadassah Medical Center | Not yet recruiting |
| Jerusalem Region, Israel, 91120 | |
| Principal Investigator: Dorit Adler, MPH | |
| Principal Investigator: | Ram Weiss, MD PhD | Hadassah Medical Organization |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Ram Weiss, Associate Professor, Hadassah Medical Organization |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01686399 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | HMO 0645-11 |
| Study First Received: | September 9, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | November 7, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | Israel: Ministry of Health |
Keywords provided by Hadassah Medical Organization:
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Sustainable diet Health promotion Obesity |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Obesity Overnutrition Nutrition Disorders |
Overweight Body Weight Signs and Symptoms |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013