Promoting Small Business Support of Youth Physical Activity in Low-income, Minority Neighborhoods
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Brief Summary
An unacceptably high percentage of our nation's low-income, minority youth (\< 18 years of age) are not regularly physically active. This contributes to extreme health disparities such as obesity rates nearly two-fold higher than those seen in white youth and greater risk for diabetes and related cardiometabolic disorders. The presence of quality youth physical activity opportunities (YPAO) enables and encourages physically active lifestyles. Unfortunately, quality YPAOs often are lacking in places where minority youth live, resulting in low activity levels and subsequent health issues that represent significant disparities in our society. The investigators' previous research found that small businesses (\< 500 employees), which represent over 99% of all employers, are powerful resources for creating and improving YPAOs. In accordance with the Socioecological Model and established philanthropic principles, the investigators developed an alpha version of an intervention (alpha-i) for increasing small businesses' involvement with YPAOs. The investigators are now poised to create a beta version (beta-i) and conduct a pilot study of its impact on small business support for YPAOs and YPAO utilization by youth in low-income, minority neighborhoods. To meet this objective, the investigators will complete the following specific aims. Aim 1: Refine alpha-i components by completing focus groups with small business owners, YPAO providers, and parents/guardians of youth from low-income, predominantly minority neighborhoods. Results of the qualitative analysis will inform final tailoring of the intervention to create the beta-i which will be tested in Aim 2. Aim 2: Determine the effect of the beta-i on small business support for YPAOs in low-income, minority neighborhoods by conducting a plot cluster randomized-control trial with randomization at the neighborhood level. Intervention neighborhoods (n=10) will receive the beta-i while control neighborhoods (n=10) will be provided a standard practice intervention for a period of one year. The primary outcome for aim 2 will be the percentage of small businesses not supporting YPAOs at baseline that subsequently provide support for YPAOs at follow-up. The investigators also will consider the U.S. dollar equivalent of all types of support (monetary, goods/services and time) donated for YPAOs by small businesses. Aim 3: Examine the impact of the increased small business support for YPAOs on YPAO utilization by youth. The primary outcome will be the percent change in the number of youth participating in YPAOs from baseline and follow-up in the treatment and control neighborhoods. The proposed study is significant because it will provide evidence that an easily replicated approach can be used to increase small business support for YPAOs and that this support results in greater use of the YPAOs by youth. The investigators' next step will be to determine if YPAO changes resulting from increased small business support positively influence youth physical activity levels as measured by accelerometry. The investigators long-term goals are to create a nationally implementable practice for increasing support for YPAOs and strengthen the science of addressing health disparities in socially disadvantaged populations.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Dec 2019
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 1, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 3, 2019
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
December 1, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2021
CompletedNovember 3, 2020
November 1, 2020
1.5 years
May 1, 2019
November 2, 2020
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
percentages of business supporting youth physical activity programs before and after intervention
Based on baseline and post-intervention survey data as well as information tracked on the project's websites.
one year
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Youth physical activity utilization
one year
Study Arms (2)
Treatment
EXPERIMENTALAll owners/managers of small businesses in 10 treatment neighborhoods will receive a request to support youth physical activity. The owners/managers will be able to direct support to specific programs, get recognized for their support, receive added information on the benefits of supporting such programs, have the oversight of an advisory board and interface with a local program representative
control
ACTIVE COMPARATORAll owners/managers of small businesses in 10 control neighborhoods will will receive a request to support youth physical activity. None of the other components of the treatment arm (e.g., direct support to specific programs, advisory board) will be provided.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- small business (\< 500 employees) in one of the 20 study areas with a physical, non-residential location.
You may not qualify if:
- large businesses (500 or more employees) not in one of the 20 study areas, does not have a physical location or the physical location is residential.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware, 19713, United States
Related Publications (1)
Suminski RR Jr, Robson S, Turner J, Plautz E. Promoting Small Business Support of Youth Physical Activity in Low-Income, Minority Neighborhoods: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jul 30;8(7):e13141. doi: 10.2196/13141.
PMID: 31364602DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- TRIPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 1, 2019
First Posted
May 3, 2019
Study Start
December 1, 2019
Primary Completion
June 1, 2021
Study Completion
June 1, 2021
Last Updated
November 3, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-11
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
- Time Frame
- after August 2020 for a period of 10 years
- Access Criteria
- see above
Project investigators will develop policies/procedures for sharing data with other interested parties not affiliated with the original project. These policies/procedures will be defined in a data-sharing agreement. The investigators will make the data and associated documentation available to users only under the data-sharing agreement that will provide for: a commitment to using the data only for research purposes and not to identify any individual participant/community by name, a commitment to securing the data using appropriate computer technology, determining the quality of the research proposal (significance, innovativeness, approach, and community benefit), a comprehensive dissemination plan (to community and scientific audiences), sharing of administrative costs to prepare data and related documentation, appropriate approvals of research protocols by the IRB and a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed.