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Protocol for the Open Sky School

NCT05662436 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2500

Last updated 2022-12-22

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Summary

The goal of this a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a nature-based intervention called Open Sky School to reduce mental health problems among elementary school children. More specifically a two-arm clustered randomized controlled trial will be conducted in elementary schools across Québec, Canada. Following informed consent by teachers, parents and students, schools will be randomly assigned 1:1 to the intervention or the control group with a total of 2500 6th grade students and 100 teachers expected to participate. The primary and secondary research questions are as follows.

The primary research question :

* Is the intervention effective in reducing mental health problems in children from pre-to-post test (Social Behavior Questionnaire: self and teacher reports) ?

The secondary research questions:

* Is the intervention effective in improving children's depression, positive and negative affect, nature connectedness. eco-anxiety and pro-environmental behaviors ?
* Is the intervention effective in improving teachers' well-being and affect ?
* Are the benefits to children sustained benefits at 3 months follow-up ?
* Is the primary question moderated by child's sex, child's disability status, the green space of neighbourhoods, the school's socio-economic position and teacher's experience wtih outdoor education ?

The intervention will take place outdoors in a green-space (2 hours per week for 12 weeks) and include a toolkit of 30 activities to foster well-being (e.g. mindfulness) and academic competencies (e.g. mathematics). The control group will engage in teaching-as-usual and will be provided with the activity toolkit after the trial has been conducted. Questionnaires will be administered to students before, immediately after and 3 months after the intervention in both the control and intervention groups. Teachers in both groups will complete questionnaires before and immediately after the intervention.

Conditions

  • Child Behavior

Interventions

OTHER

Open Sky School program

Teachers lead students in 2 hours of outdoor activities per week for 12 weeks, as detailed in the arm description

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Observatory for Children's Education and Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • McGill University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marie-Claude Geoffroy, PhD · McGill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-12-20
Primary Completion
2023-06-20
Completion
2023-09-23

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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