Neighborhood Park Youth Sports Program Fee Waiver and Intensive Family Outreach

NCT05231837 | Completed Phase 3

• 1 other identifier: STUDY00012450
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 430
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To evaluate a park-level intervention to increase child moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and decrease sedentary time among low-income racially/ethnically diverse children ages 6-12 yrs. Neighborhood parks (n=20) from Minneapolis (n=8) and Saint Paul (n=12) park systems will be randomized for a 2-year period to one of two arms: 1) Intensive Park Outreach and Youth Sports Program Fee Waiver (n=10); or 2) Youth Sports Program Fee Waiver Only (n=10). The evaluation cohort will consist of 432 children ages 6-12 yrs who reside in one of the 20 randomized park neighborhoods. Measurements from evaluation cohort-enrolled individual children will be collected at baseline, 6, 12, and 24 months.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

Physical Activity Low Income Youth Parks

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Minutes per day of moderate and vigorous physical activity

  Accelerometers worn for 7 day calculate minutes per day of moderate and vigorous physical activity

  two years

• Minutes per day of light and sedentary activity

  Accelerometers worn for 7 days calculate minutes per day of light and sedentary activity

  two years

Study Arms (2)

Fee Waiver

EXPERIMENTAL

Fees for youth sports programs will be waived in this condition. Youth who enroll in youth sports programs in parks that are randomly assigned to this condition will pay no fee for program enrollment.

Behavioral: Experimental: Fee Waiver

Fee Waiver Plus Intensive Outreach

EXPERIMENTAL

Parks randomly assigned to the Intensive Outreach and Fee Waiver: Intensive Outreach consists of the formation and activity of a community advisory group who will engage with neighborhood community partners to support parents in the neighborhood to enroll their child and support the child's participation in the park youth sports programs offered at the neighborhood park and recreation center. Program marketing and materials and registration will be offered in both Spanish and English. Program coaches will be supported with technical assistance from study staff to implement the park youth sports program with high fidelity and with high communication and engagement with enrolled youth and their parents. Fees for youth sports programs will be waived in this condition. Youth who enroll in youth sports programs in parks that are randomly assigned to this condition will pay no fee for program enrollment.

Behavioral: Fee Waiver Plus Intensive Outreach

Interventions

Experimental: Fee Waiver BEHAVIORAL

Fees are waived for youth sports programs at the park and recreation center

Fee Waiver

Fee Waiver Plus Intensive Outreach BEHAVIORAL

Fees are waived for youth sports programs at the park and recreation center and intensive outreach is conducted in the neighborhood through community advisory boards and partner engagement.

Fee Waiver Plus Intensive Outreach

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• age 6-12 years
• do not meet guidelines for recommended level of physical activity
• live in neighborhood served by one of 20 study parks
• able to be physically active
• do not plan to move in the next two years

You may not qualify if:

• younger than 6 or older than 12 years of age
• do not live within 2 miles of study park
• already meet physical activity guidelines
• not able to be physically active plan to move within two years

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Minnesota: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Minnesota Division of Epidemiology & Community Health

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Simone A French, PhD

  University of Minneaots

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Parks will be randomized to one of two conditions for a period of two years. Individual measures of physical activity and behavior will be collected among children and parents who reside in the neighborhoods that are served by each park. Children and parents will be enrolled for two years and measured at baseline, six, twelve and twenty-four months.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 29, 2022
• First Posted: February 9, 2022
• Study Start: February 15, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 18, 2025
• Study Completion: December 18, 2025
• Last Updated: January 14, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Locations

US (1)