The Family Check-Up 4 Health: A Family-Centered Health Maintenance Approach to Improve Nutrition and Prevent Obesity in Early Childhood

The Northwestern University site will be primarily responsible for (1) implementation support of the Family Check-Up 4 Health (FCU4Health) (including training, fidelity monitoring, strategies to address barriers); (2) analysis of primary project outcomes and economic analyses; (3) education and extension activities nationally, led by Dr. Smith in collaboration with collaborators at ASU (Drs. Berkel, Bruening, and Dishion). As PD for the Northwestern site, Dr. Smith will coordinate data transfer, provide oversight of the Project Coordinator (Ms. Mariah Meacham), and collaborate onsite with Dr. Neil Jordan (Co-I). He will be responsible for ongoing consultation with FCU4Health coordinators and the evaluation, ongoing monitoring of fidelity of implementation using the COACH, and will collaborate with ASU staff on the development of the e-learning modules related to the FCU4Health program. He will lead the analyses of program effectiveness using longitudinal methods, the assessment and analysis of fidelity ratings, which will be used clinically to inform supervision and remediation with FCU4Health coordinators, as indicated, and will conduct the primary analyses of fidelity data including the internal consistency, reliability, and drift. Dr. Smith will also be responsible for the tracking and collection of costs related to the clinical delivery of the FCU4Health program, including training and delivery of the program using cost capture methods, as well as the tracking of costs associated with fidelity monitoring and supervision of FCU4Health coordinators. Dr. Jordan will guide the development of cost capture templates and the data storage system in Y1. Drs. Smith and Jordan will be jointly responsible for overseeing the transfer of cost data from ASU to Northwestern with the assistance of the Project Coordinator. Dr. Jordan, with assistance and oversight from Dr. Smith, will then lead the analysis of program costs as described in the project narrative. Dr. Smith will participate in weekly teleconference/videoconference meetings with the research team and with the project team at Arizona State University (ASU) and the clinical teams at the various clinical delivery sites located in Phoenix, AZ. He will also attend annual meetings of the Community Advisory Board in person in Phoenix. Twice yearly, Dr. Smith will travel to ASU to meet with Dr. Berkel (PD) and the project staff in person, including the FCU4Health clinical delivery staff. Dr. Jordan will join meetings via teleconference as needed to complete his responsibilities on the project and will meet regularly with Dr. Smith in person at Northwestern. Drs. Smith, and Jordan will disseminate the findings of the project via peer-reviewed publications; presentations at national, international, and local conferences; and the preparation of executive summaries (white papers) for various stakeholder groups.