
Healthy Parents, Healthy Kids
Synopsis
Fewer than ten percent of Australians eat according to the dietary guidelines. The Healthy Parents, Healthy Kids study is a randomised controlled trial investigating the efficacy of an educational dietary program, delivered throughout the third trimester, in influencing gut microbiota and other biological parameters thought to be related to the risk for mental and neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Assessments will include whether the program is deemed as being helpful to mothers and whether there are any benefits to aspects of mothers’ health (both physical and mental) as well as of their baby’s health after birth, including gut microbiota diversity.
Summary
Study name | The Healthy Parents, Healthy Kids Study |
Current principal investigator/s | A/Prof Felice Jacka, A/Prof Jeffrey Craig, Prof Mimi Tang, Dr Gerard Clarke, Dr Penny Sheehan, Samantha Dawson (PhD Candidate) |
Postal address | HPHK project team Murdoch Childrens Research Institute 50 Flemington Road Parkville VIC 3052 Australia |
Phone | +61 3 9936 6291 |
samantha.dawson@mcri.edu.au | |
Primary Institution | Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Deakin University |
Study website | mcri.edu.au/research/projects/healthy-parents-healthy-kids-study |
Study focus | To assess the efficacy of an educational dietary program, delivered throughout the third trimester, in influencing gut microbiota and other biological parameters thought to be related to the risk for mental and neurodevelopmental disorders in children. |
Sampling frame | Mothers living in Melbourne, Australia, enrolling during the recruitment period will be included if they do not meet any of the exclusion criteria and are approaching week 28 of their pregnancy (third trimester) at the time of enrolment. |
Commencement sample | 90 dyads |
Intergenerational? | Yes |
Imaging | No |
Linkage | No |
Biosamples? | Yes |
Waves
Wave | Year | Age (mean, range) | Eligible sample |
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1 | Recruitment closed | >18 weeks | TBC |
2 | Recruitment closed | 4 weeks | TBC |