Co-Creating Active Middle School Communities to Increase Student Physical Activity
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
| Condition(s) | Physical Activity |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | 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. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * 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) * Parent/guardian must speak English or Spanish * Child/adolescent must speak English Exclusion Criteria: * Child/adolescent has a condition that precludes or decreases participation in physical activity * Child/adolescent cannot complete a written survey |
| Ages | 11 Years to 99 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | Deanna Hoelscher |
| Locations | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Start date | 2026-03-02 |
| NCT ID | NCT06970067 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06970067 |