INSIGHT responsive parenting educational intervention for firstborns is associated with growth of second-born siblings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to test whether the Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories (INSIGHT) responsive parenting (RP) intervention, delivered to parents of firstborn children, is associated with the BMI of first- and second-born siblings during infancy.

Methods

Participants included 117 firstborn infants enrolled in a randomized controlled trial and their second-born siblings enrolled in an observation-only ancillary study. The RP curriculum for firstborn children included guidance on feeding, sleep, interactive play, and emotion regulation. The control curriculum focused on safety. Anthropometrics were measured in both siblings at ages 3, 16, 28, and 52 weeks. Growth curve models for BMI by child age were fit.

Results

Second-bo

SUBMITTER: Savage JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8711608 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature