Trial Outcomes & Findings for Healthy Summer Learners (NCT NCT03321071)

Last Updated: 2024-07-05

Results Overview

Measure Description: Centers for Disease Control age and sex-specific Body Mass Index z-scores. A z-score of 0 represents the population mean. Higher or lower z-scores could represent better or worse outcomes as too low could be underweight and too high could indicate overweight or obesity. Children above the 85th percentile are considered overweight while children above the 95th percentile are considered obese

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE1

Target enrollment

180 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Body mass index will be collected in the spring academic semester up to 6 weeks prior to attending HSL and the fall academic semester up to 6 weeks after attending HSL

Results posted on

2024-07-05

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	Healthy Summer Learners Similar to typical summer day camp procedures, students attending Healthy Summer Learners will be dropped-off and picked-up at camp. The physical activity component of the program was designed with the expertise and input from B\&G Club youth program staff. The academic component was informed by school district personnel. The program was also designed to be analogous to typical summer day camp program in terms of operating weeks (6 weeks) length of program day (i.e., 8am-5pm), and program component time blocks (\~45min-1hr time blocks). Healthy Summer Learners: Physical Activity Component. The physical activity component of Healthy Summer Learners is designed to engage children in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for at least 50% of the time. With 3 hours each day dedicated to physical activity, this translates into children accumulating 90 minutes of MVPA daily. This is 30 minutes above the 60 minutes of MVPA each day recommended by the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Nutrition Component. The nutrition component of Healthy Summer Learners is designed to provide healthy snacks and meals and nutrition education via standardized pre-existing curricula. Food/Beverage Guidelines. Meals will follow the USDA Nutrition Standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Academic Component. The academic component will consist of existing, effective academic programs focused on Math and Reading.	21st Century Learning Center The 21C is a federally funded program providing academic enrichment opportunities for students who attend low-performing schools. Students enrolled in 21C will attend the same school as children enrolled in HSL. The 21C will operate daily (Monday-Thursday) from 8:30-14:00 for four weeks during the summer. The program day will consist of academic sessions in the morning and afternoon (9:00-11:30 \& 12:30-13:45) and one hour of physical activity before lunch (11:30-12:30). All participants will be provided a USDA Summer Feeding Program compliant breakfast (8:30-9:00) and lunch (11:30-12:30).	Passive Control Children in this condition will not attend a summer program but will be followed from baseline to followup (i.e., 12 weeks)
Overall Study STARTED	60	60	60
Overall Study COMPLETED	57	51	55
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	3	9	5

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Healthy Summer Learners

Baseline characteristics by cohort

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Body mass index will be collected in the spring academic semester up to 6 weeks prior to attending HSL and the fall academic semester up to 6 weeks after attending HSL

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Healthy Summer Learners n=60 Participants Similar to typical summer day camp procedures, students attending Healthy Summer Learners will be dropped-off and picked-up at camp. The physical activity component of the program was designed with the expertise and input from B\&G Club youth program staff. The academic component was informed by school district personnel. The program was also designed to be analogous to typical summer day camp program in terms of operating weeks (10 weeks) length of program day (i.e., 8am-5pm), and program component time blocks (\~45min-1hr time blocks). Healthy Summer Learners: Physical Activity Component. The physical activity component of Healthy Summer Learners is designed to engage children in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for at least 50% of the time. With 3 hours each day dedicated to physical activity, this translates into children accumulating 90 minutes of MVPA daily. This is 30 minutes above the 60 minutes of MVPA each day recommended by the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Nutrition Component. The nutrition component of Healthy Summer Learners is designed to provide healthy snacks and meals and nutrition education via standardized pre-existing curricula. Food/Beverage Guidelines. Meals will follow the USDA Nutrition Standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Academic Component. The academic component will consist of existing, effective academic programs focused on Math and Reading.	21st Century Learning Center n=60 Participants Children in this condition will attend a 21st Century Summer Learning Program. 21st Century Summer Learning Center: Children in this condition will attend a 21st Century Summer Learning Program.	Passive Control n=60 Participants Children in this condition will not attend a summer program.
Change in Body Mass Index (BMI) Z-score	0.03 z-score Interval -0.03 to 0.09	0.02 z-score Interval -0.03 to 0.08	0.06 z-score Interval 0.01 to 0.12

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: MAP reading scores will be collected in the spring academic semester up to 6 weeks prior to attending HSL and the fall academic semester up to 6 weeks after attending HSL

Measure Description: Created by the Northwest Evaluation Association (www.nwea.org), MAP results are widely accepted and used extensively in school-aged children. Scores are reported using the Rasch Unit Scale, a curriculum scale developed using Item Response Theory that estimates student achievement. The Rasch Unit Scale ranges from 140-300 and are norm referenced based on grade. Higher scores indicate better reading profeciency.