Game on Philly: Engaging Underserved Middle School Youth in Out-of- School Time Sports and Nutrition Education

NCT04975529 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 26406
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 96
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Game on Philly is a multi-component out-of-school time intervention delivered by trained sport-based youth development coaches and health navigators using evidenced-based programming. The program evaluation assesses the impact of this minimal-risk intervention to reduce the prevalence of obesity-related health disparities in racial and ethnic minority middle school youth. The program is a virtual sport-based youth development program, supplemented with nutrition education. The program was modified due to Covid-19 and is entirely virtual. Using a quasi-experimental design, six schools are assigned to the intervention arm and six schools are assigned to the comparison arm. Participants in intervention schools receive access to daily, online after school programming, with live sessions with sports providers (via Zoom), weekly team meetings with a health coach (via Zoom), text-messages via the Remind app, and the monthly delivery of Activity Kits directly to their homes for six months. Comparison school participants receive access to the Game on Philly app with workout and sports content and receive one activity kit delivery at the start of the program. Parent-child dyads recruited from each school complete surveys at baseline and at the end of the 6-month program (follow-up). It is hypothesized that youth participating in the intervention will experience significantly greater increases in physical activity at the end of the 6-month intervention compared to youth participating in the comparison arm (primary outcome). Secondary outcomes will examine changes in dietary intake, self-efficacy for physical activity and positive youth development.

Conditions

Exercise; Diet

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mean change from baseline in youth self-reported physical activity using the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measure at 6-months

  Youth self-reported physical activity

  Change from baseline to end of the 6-month intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Mean change from baseline in youth self-reported self-efficacy for physical activity using the validated Physical Activity Self-efficacy scale at 6-months

  Change from baseline to end of the 6-month intervention

• Mean change from baseline in youth self-reported dietary intake assessed using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) fruit and vegetable screener at 6-months

  Change from baseline to end of the 6-month intervention

• Mean change from baseline in youth self-confidence assessed using the Positive Youth Development (PYD) Short Form Confidence scale at 6-months

  Change from baseline to end of the 6-month intervention

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in intervention schools received access to daily, online after school programming, including live sessions with sports providers (via Zoom; rotating to provide exposure to multiple sports over the course of the intervention), weekly team meetings with a health coach (via Zoom), text-messages via the Remind app, and monthly delivery of Activity Kits with sports equipment, activity books, fresh produce, and incentives directly to their homes over 6-months.

Behavioral: Game on Philly: Engaging Underserved Middle School Youth in Out-of- School Time Sports and Nutrition Education

Comparison Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in comparison schools received access to the Game on Philly app with workout and sports content that could be used asynchronously, and received one activity kit delivery with sports equipment and a self-guided activity book at the start of the program.

Behavioral: Game on Philly: Engaging Underserved Middle School Youth in Out-of- School Time Sports and Nutrition Education

Interventions

Game on Philly: Engaging Underserved Middle School Youth in Out-of- School Time Sports and Nutrition Education BEHAVIORAL

Two-group quasi experimental intervention with schools assigned to intervention or comparison.

Comparison Arm; Intervention Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• years of age or older
• Parent or legal guardian of the enrolled child
• Can read, write and speak in English
• Interested in and able to participate in the program for 6-months
• Can read, write and speak in English
• Are in 6th, 7th or 8th grade at a participating school

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Temple University: lead
• Department of Health and Human Services: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Nutrition Assessment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Epidemiologic Measurements; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Gina L Tripicchio, PhD, MSEd

  Temple University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Two-group quasi-experimental

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 3, 2021
• First Posted: July 23, 2021
• Study Start: November 6, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2021
• Study Completion: July 15, 2021
• Last Updated: July 23, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)