Participants
EVENTS
CA-CORD participants included 1,186 children ages 2–11 and a primary caregiver. Families were recruited at school and community events and through the participating clinics. Exclusion criteria included: child BMI < 5th percentile; family plans to move outside of the county within 2.5 years; child is a foster child or has one of several health conditions that would hinder intervention participation. Due to the 2 × 2 design of CA-CORD, 50% of the families were assigned to the Family Wellness Program and were eligible to participate in the ancillary parent engagement study reported here (430 families, 526 children). CA-CORD parent participants enrolled in the Family Wellness Program were recruited for the ancillary study either in person or via regular mail prior to starting the intervention. In total, 128 of the 430 families (29.8%) agreed to participate in the present ancillary study. Group comparison testing (i.e., t-tests, Chi-square analyses) revealed no significant differences in demographic characteristics or BMI (all p > .05) between parents and children who participated in the present ancillary study and the larger CA-CORD program.