New data collected by CHL research team
SECONDARY
To augment the data compiled by Head Start, the research team invited parents of children enrolled at participating Head Start programs (one parent per family) to complete a supplemental survey that measured parenting practices and parent empowerment (secondary parent outcomes) along with intervention exposure. Surveys were administered in English, Spanish or Chinese during fall of years 1 (2017) and 2 (2018). Copies of the survey in parents’ preferred language were sent home in children’s schoolbags along with an information sheet and informed consent form. In addition, members of the CHL research team met parents at drop off and pick up to invite them to complete the survey. Parents who completed the survey in fall were invited to complete it again in spring; they received a $10 gift card for each survey completed. Parent survey responses were linked, with parent consent, to demographic and child outcome data (i.e., height, weight, health behaviors) extracted from Head Start records. The institutional review boards of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston College reviewed and approved study procedures.