The Impact of Texas Senate Bill 42 on Middle School Children's Level of Physical Activity

Obesity Clinical Trial

— TXSB42  

Official title:

The Impact of Texas Senate Bill 42 on Middle School Children's Level of Physical Activity

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00672815
• Other study ID #: HSC-SPH-06-0155
• Secondary ID: 56318 Active Liv
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 2, 2008
• Last updated: January 20, 2010
• Start date: April 2006
• Est. completion date: June 2008

Study information

• Verified date: January 2010
• Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to assess awareness of and adherence to Texas SB42 among a representative sample of public middle schools in Texas; and 2) to assess the impact of SB42 on the frequency of school PE class, the quality of school PE, and prevalence of child self-reported physical activity behaviors and child overweight along the Texas-Mexico border.

Description:

Childhood overweight is a significant public health issue in Texas. In response to this problem, the 79th Texas legislature passed Senate Bill 42 (SB 42), which promotes healthier school environments in middle schools, in June, 2005. As a result of SB 42, all Texas public middle schools must require students to engage in at least 30 minutes of daily physical activity or a total of 135 minutes of physical activity per week, beginning in the 2006-2007 school year. The purpose of this study was to determine the barriers and facilitators of implementation and the ultimate impact of this mandate on school PE, child physical activity, and child overweight in Texas public middle schools, and specifically among children living in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of South Texas. Questionnaires with key informants (school principals, PE teachers, and school district PE and health education directors) were conducted in a random sample of middle schools to assess the implementation of SB 42 (2006-2007). In addition, a more detailed evaluation of SB 42 was accomplished with a representative sample of middle schools in the LRGV, a low-income Latino area of the state. Measurements in the LRGV schools included observed and measured child physical activity, self-reported physical activity behaviors, and child overweight (BMI).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 141
• Est. completion date: June 2008
• Est. primary completion date: April 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The study sample consisted of a representative sample of Texas public middle schools (112 schools) as well as a representative sample of Lower Rio Grande Valley middle schools (17 schools).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Middle schools that did not participate in the 2004-2005 School Physical Activity and Nutrition Project.

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight
• Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston	Brownsville	Texas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Barroso CS, Kelder SH, Springer AE, Smith CL, Ranjit N, Ledingham C, Hoelscher DM. Senate Bill 42: implementation and impact on physical activity in middle schools. J Adolesc Health. 2009 Sep;45(3 Suppl):S82-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.017. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	key informant questionnaire		April 2006- April 2008	No
Primary	System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time		April 2007 - April 2008	No
Primary	School Physical Activity Nutrition questionnaire		April 2007 - April 2008	No
Primary	body mass index		April 2007 - April 2008	No