Co-Creating Active Middle School Communities to Increase Student Physical Activity

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age11-99
SponsorDeanna Hoelscher

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

450 Participants
are divided into 2 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