Active Middle School Communities for Physical Activity

(AMSC Trial)

Overseen By Deborah Salvo, PhD

Age: Any Age

Sex: Any

Trial Phase: Academic

Sponsor: Deanna Hoelscher

Disqualifiers: Physical limitations, Survey completion, others

No Placebo Group All trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

Compensation: Varies

Number of Visits: Unknown

450 Participants Needed

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of 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

This trial is for parent-child pairs where the child is in 6th grade at a participating school and lives with the parent within the school's community. Both must speak English or Spanish. It excludes children who have conditions limiting physical activity or can't complete surveys.

Inclusion Criteria

My child is in the 6th grade at a participating school.

Parent/guardian and child/adolescent dyads

Parent/guardian and child/adolescent must reside in the same household

Exclusion Criteria

My child cannot participate in physical activities due to their condition.

My child cannot fill out a written survey.

Timeline

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2-4 weeks

Intervention Development

Co-creation of contextually-responsive intervention strategies with community members

6 months

Implementation

Implementation of co-created intervention strategies to improve access to active transport and leisure

12 months

Ongoing community engagement and monitoring

Follow-up

Participants are monitored for sustainability of physical activity outcomes

12 months

Treatment Details

Interventions

• Active Middle School Communities

Trial Overview The study aims to identify barriers to active transport and leisure activities, then co-create and test community-based interventions in middle schools to boost student physical activity, assessing effectiveness and sustainability.

Participant Groups

Group I: Physical activity intervention co-produced by the community and investigators Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

This intervention will engage multi-sectoral and multi-generational community members and middle school students for co-producing (co-design, co-implementation, and co-evaluation) contextually-responsive intervention strategies to improve access to active transport and leisure in three middle school communities.

Group II: Usual environmental and programmatic programs Active Control 1 Intervention

During the trial, three comparison school communities will not receive the intervention and will engage in usual environmental and programmatic programs. After the trial is completed, these schools will receive a modified version of the programs and strategies developed in the intervention arm (delayed intervention).

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

Deanna Hoelscher

Lead Sponsor

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Collaborator

Trials

473

Recruited

1,374,000+

University of Texas at Austin

Collaborator

Trials

387

Recruited

86,100+