The Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

NCT01820377 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H2008:060
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 246
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Building on the successes of a communal, relationship based approach to Aboriginal youth mentoring in an after school physical activity program (AYMP), the investigators are evaluating a peer-led approach for diabetes prevention.

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes; Obesity

Keywords

Peer-mentoring; Obesity; Type 2 Diabetes; Physical Activity; After-school program

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Waist Circumference

  The primary outcome will be waist circumference measured at the level of the iliac crest. Waist circumference is a clinically relevant outcome as it is a robust predictor of Type 2 Diabetes in youth and other cardiometabolic outcomes in youth.

  5 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Daily Physical Activity

  5 months

• Rates of overweight/obesity between groups

  5 months

• Self-Efficacy in Peer Interactions

  5 months

• Civic Responsibility Survey

  5 months

• Teacher-on-Pupil Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

  5 months

Other Outcomes (1)

• Social Determinants of Health

  5 months

Study Arms (2)

Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

EXPERIMENTAL

High school students volunteer as mentors, and develop an after-school program that they then deliver to children in grade 4. The mentors meet twice a week. The first day, they develop an activity plan and decide roles and responsibilities to ensure successful delivery of each activity. The second day, they deliver the program to the grade 4 students, which incorporates a healthy snack, 45-minutes of physical activity, and educational games/activities. Grade 4s act as the intervention group.

Behavioral: Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

This group acts as a control, and are not apart of the Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

Interventions

Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program BEHAVIORAL

High school students volunteer as mentors, and develop an after-school program that they then deliver to children in grade 4. The mentors meet twice a week. The first day, they develop an activity plan and decide roles and responsibilities to ensure successful delivery of each activity. The second day, they deliver the program to the grade 4s, which incorporates a healthy snack, 45-minutes of physical activity, and educational games/activities. Grade 4s are our intervention group

Also known as: AYMP

Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Grade 4 students. We chose to intervene with youth in grade 4 for four primary reasons: (1) the large majority of youth in grade 4 are in tanner stage 1 and will not experience puberty-related weight gain during the school year; (2) previous experience by our group revealed that attendance throughout the school year is higher in students in grade 4 relative to students in grade 5 or 6; (3) students in grade 4 are old enough to perform low organized games included in the intervention; and (4) retention rates in the intervention are greater than students in grades 5 and 6.

You may not qualify if:

• While all students will be invited to participate in the intervention, for measurement purposes, we will exclude data from those students who may not respond to the intervention or would be unable to participate in the physical activity aspects of the component. This includes children with: (1) musculoskeletal injuries that limit physical activities; (2) treatment for chronic conditions that would elicit weight gain or limit participation in physical activity (insulin, corticosteroids, blood pressure medications); (3) poor attendance (\<60% of school days) in the first semester; (4) children whose parents are unwilling to provide consent. Note: the intervention will be offered to youth with chronic conditions, however their data will not be included in the final analysis, due to confounding effects of medications.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Manitoba: lead
• Manitoba Institute of Child Health: collaborator
• The Lawson Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3P4, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Eskicioglu P, Halas J, Senechal M, Wood L, McKay E, Villeneuve S, Shen GX, Dean H, McGavock JM. Peer mentoring for type 2 diabetes prevention in first nations children. Pediatrics. 2014 Jun;133(6):e1624-31. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-2621. Epub 2014 May 12.

  PMID: 24819579 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Obesity; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Diabetes Mellitus; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Jonathan M McGavock, PhD

  University of Manitoba, Manitoba Institute of Child Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Joannie Halas, PhD.

  University of Manitoba

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 21, 2013
• First Posted: March 28, 2013
• Study Start: October 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2016
• Study Completion: June 1, 2016
• Last Updated: September 5, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-09

Locations

CA (1)