Study on Out of School Nutrition and Physical Activity Environments

Child Nutrition Clinical Trial

— OSNAP  

Official title:

Study on Out of School Nutrition and Physical Activity Environments

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01396473
• Other study ID #: 18046
• Secondary ID: CDC Grant Number
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 27, 2011
• Last updated: July 15, 2011
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: June 2011

Study information

• Verified date: July 2011
• Source: Harvard School of Public Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to design and conduct research to tailor out of school time evaluation materials so they are applicable to various settings in Boston, are efficient in that minimal resources and time are used, and are useful to participants.

Description:

Nearly half of Boston's school age children (49%) participate in out of school time programs, a critical time to intervene on physical activity and nutrition. Previous research has mostly focused on during-school-day efforts, or on child care policies and practices for very young children, leaving a gap in the knowledge of what might work with programs serving school-age children during out of school time. OSNAP aims to implement low cost and sustainable policy and environmental interventions to improve physical activity and healthy eating/beverage environments. Data will be collected via observations, plate waste and accelerometers on program policies, environments, practices and behavioral outcomes related to physical activity, beverage, snack and screen time outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 590
• Est. completion date: June 2011
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 5 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Afterschool programs in Boston MA serving at least 40 children ages 5-12 years operating the full school year between September and June

• Afterschool programs serving a snack to children

• Children between the ages of 5 and 12 years

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child Nutrition
• Child Physical Activity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Policy and Environmental Change
Afterschool programs participate in an assessment of physical activity and nutrition practices and policies. Study staff work with teams of afterschool programs in a participatory manner to identify areas in which programs would like to take practice, policy and communication efforts to meet physical activity and nutrition goals. Teams share progress and barriers during ongoing collaborative meetings.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Harvard Prevention Research Center	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Harvard School of Public Health	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in physical activity	Accelerometer and SOPLAY observation	Participants' physical activity will be measure over the course of 5 consecutive school days pre-intervention and 5 consecutive school days post-intervention	No
Secondary	Change in dietary intake	plate waste consumption	Participants' dietary intake will be measure over the course of 5 consecutive school days pre-intervention and 5 consecutive school days post-intervention	No