Be a Champion! Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program

NCT ID: NCT02465372

Last Updated: 2018-11-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 599 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-12-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this project is to develop a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) training protocol, and test the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of its delivery in an elementary school setting.

Detailed Description

Children across the United States are insufficiently physically active. In response, numerous physical activity (PA) interventions have been developed and tested, the majority within the school setting. Unfortunately, these have resulted in limited, if any impact on children's PA. The investigators feel that this absence of effect stems from a lack of tailoring at the school level and a resulting lack in institutionalization. To address the latter issue, the investigators feel that it is important to leverage existing resources and capitalize on existing policies. The state of South Carolina has instituted the role of "Physical Activity Coordinators" to promote PA among students across and beyond the school day. However, while these positions are mandated by state law, the individuals in these positions often lack the training and support to maximize their impact. Our long-term goal is to develop best practices to inform the national movement to train school PA Coordinators to deliver a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) within schools that can be disseminated across the country. The objectives of the current application are to: 1) modify and expand existing CSPAP training curricula for PA Coordinators; 2) deliver the enhanced PA Coordinator training in our pilot schools; 3) conduct process evaluation on the implementation of a CSPAP by the PA Coordinators, and 4) evaluate the effectiveness of the trainings to increase children's objectively measured PA. The goal of the proposed study is to determine the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of properly train PA Coordinators to promote PA in elementary school children. This goal will be achieved through the following aims: AIM 1: Develop an enhanced CSPAP training course and resource toolkit for PA Coordinators. AIM 2: Determine the acceptability/feasibility of the enhanced PA coordinator training and the implementation of a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program in an elementary school setting. AIM 3: Determine the effectiveness of trained PA coordinators to increase objectively measured PA in elementary school youth. the investigators will randomize four schools to receive the PA Coordinator training (n=2) or continue standard practice (n=2). A comprehensive process and impact evaluation will be conducted to determine acceptability of the intervention, factors influencing implementation fidelity/dose, and the effectiveness of the PA Coordinators to increase physical activity measured via accelerometry in children.

Conditions

Motor Activity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

CSPAP

Schools in this arm will receive the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program training.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

CSPAP

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program.

Control

Standard practice.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

CSPAP

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Be a Champion!

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in grades 2 - 5 at the participating school sites.

Exclusion Criteria

• Physical or mental impairment that would preclude physical activity or protocol compliance.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of South Carolina

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Justin Moore, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Locations

Justin B. Moore

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Countries

United States

References

Singletary CR, Weaver G, Carson RL, Beets MW, Pate RR, Saunders RP, Peluso AG, Moore JB. Evaluation of a comprehensive school physical activity program: Be a Champion! Eval Program Plann. 2019 Aug;75:54-60. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.04.003. Epub 2019 May 2.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 31102834 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

1R21HL121692-01A1

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

IRB00038003

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id