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Table 4 Primary and secondary outcome and fidelity measures for Happy interventions

From: Interventions to promote healthy environments in family child care homes in Oklahoma—Happy Healthy Homes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Intervention

Primary outcome measures

Secondary outcome measures

Fidelity measures

Nutrition technical assistance

• Self-reported nutrition practices

• Observed nutrition practices

• Observed dietary intake of children

• Observed Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) compliance

• Nutrition self-efficacy

• Nutrition knowledge

• CACFP knowledge

• Staff nutrition behaviors

• Menu CACFP compliance

• Meal service style

• Proportion of participants who complete intervention

• Interventionist adherence to intervention curriculum

• Interventionist competence in delivering curriculum

• Participant satisfaction and overall intervention experience

Children’s environmental health technical assistance

• Self-reported cleaning practices

• Self-reported pest-control practices

• Observed family child care home (FCCH) environment

• Observed chemicals in FCCH

• Self-reported children’s environmental health literacy and knowledge

• Self-efficacy for integrated pest management

• Self-efficacy for less toxic cleaning practices