Be a Champion! Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program

Motor Activity Clinical Trial

— BAC!  

Official title:

Utilizing Physical Activity Coordinators to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02465372
• Other study ID #: IRB00038003
• Secondary ID: 1R21HL121692-01A
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2014
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this project is to develop a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) training protocol, and test the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of its delivery in an elementary school setting.

Description:

Children across the United States are insufficiently physically active. In response, numerous physical activity (PA) interventions have been developed and tested, the majority within the school setting. Unfortunately, these have resulted in limited, if any impact on children's PA. The investigators feel that this absence of effect stems from a lack of tailoring at the school level and a resulting lack in institutionalization. To address the latter issue, the investigators feel that it is important to leverage existing resources and capitalize on existing policies. The state of South Carolina has instituted the role of "Physical Activity Coordinators" to promote PA among students across and beyond the school day. However, while these positions are mandated by state law, the individuals in these positions often lack the training and support to maximize their impact. Our long-term goal is to develop best practices to inform the national movement to train school PA Coordinators to deliver a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) within schools that can be disseminated across the country. The objectives of the current application are to: 1) modify and expand existing CSPAP training curricula for PA Coordinators; 2) deliver the enhanced PA Coordinator training in our pilot schools; 3) conduct process evaluation on the implementation of a CSPAP by the PA Coordinators, and 4) evaluate the effectiveness of the trainings to increase children's objectively measured PA. The goal of the proposed study is to determine the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of properly train PA Coordinators to promote PA in elementary school children. This goal will be achieved through the following aims: AIM 1: Develop an enhanced CSPAP training course and resource toolkit for PA Coordinators. AIM 2: Determine the acceptability/feasibility of the enhanced PA coordinator training and the implementation of a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program in an elementary school setting. AIM 3: Determine the effectiveness of trained PA coordinators to increase objectively measured PA in elementary school youth. the investigators will randomize four schools to receive the PA Coordinator training (n=2) or continue standard practice (n=2). A comprehensive process and impact evaluation will be conducted to determine acceptability of the intervention, factors influencing implementation fidelity/dose, and the effectiveness of the PA Coordinators to increase physical activity measured via accelerometry in children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 599
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 5 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled in grades 2 - 5 at the participating school sites.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Physical or mental impairment that would preclude physical activity or protocol compliance.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Motor Activity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• CSPAP
Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Justin B. Moore	Columbia	South Carolina

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), University of South Carolina

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Youth Physical Activity	Physical activity measured using an accelerometer at baseline and one-year follow-up (spring 2015 and spring 2016).	baseline and one-year follow-up
Secondary	Feasibility of the Be a Champion! Program	Implementation monitoring to determine feasibility of the program as indicated by the percentage of planned tasks achieved with full fidelity and as determined by the number who, a) assembled an implementation team, b) completed all trainings, c) completed self-assessments, d) developed action plans, and e) executed at least one component of their action plans.	Up to nine months.
Secondary	Acceptability of the Be a Champion! Program	Number of schools that indicated BAC was acceptable, based upon qualitative and quantitative feedback from principals, classroom teachers, and implementation teams.	Up to nine months.

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