About this trial
The purpose of this study is to identify community-level barriers and facilitators for active transport and leisure physical activity and to co-create and test the effectiveness and longer-term sustainability of community-based physical activity intervention strategies in middle schools. Participation in this study may help the investigators and scientific community better understand and address child physical activity and health. This study will collect information about middle school children's physical activity behaviors, habits, knowledge, and activity. The UTHealth School of Public Health is leading the study together with the University of Texas at Austin.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Parent/guardian and child/adolescent dyads
Child/adolescent must be enrolled in the 6th grade at participating schools at baseline
Parent/guardian and child/adolescent must reside in the same household
Parent/guardian and child/adolescent must reside within the school catchment area (school community)
Disqualifiers
Child/adolescent has a condition that precludes or decreases participation in physical activity
Child/adolescent cannot complete a written survey
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Active Middle School Communities
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Deanna Hoelscher
Lead sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Sponsor institution
University of Texas at Austin
Collaborator
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Collaborator