RecruitingNot Applicable

Co-Creating Active Middle School Communities to Increase Student Physical Activity

United States450 participantsStarted 2026-03-02

Plain-language 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

Age range11 Years – 99 Years

SexALL

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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

What they're measuring

Child/adolescent physical activity

Timeframe: Baseline, 12 months (initial effectiveness), and 24 months (sustainability)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06970067

SponsorDeanna Hoelscher

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2028-08-31

Contact for this trial

Deanna M Hoelscher, PhD

(512) 391-2510 Deanna.M.Hoelscher@uth.tmc.edu