The Youth - Physical Activity Towards Health Intervention in Northern Ireland

NCT ID: NCT06242990

Last Updated: 2024-05-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 400 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-02-23
• Study Completion Date: 2025-03-31

Brief Summary

The Y-PATH programme is an evidence-based intervention programme that has been found to be successful at increasing levels of physical activity in school children in the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Heart Foundation collaborated with Dublin City University and University College Cork to disseminate the programme nationally. The intervention programme aims to improve physical activity levels of adolescents through education about the importance of physical activity for health and the development of fundamental movement skills, which are basic movements associated with physical activity, such as, catching, throwing, and running. The main aims of the Y-PATH NI study are:

• To explore Y-PATH as an intervention 'template', to lead the development of a research-informed model suitable for feasibility testing in a Northern Ireland context (Y-PATH NI).
• To undertake feasibility testing of the Y-PATH NI multi-component intervention aimed at increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in 11-14 year olds.
• To conduct a process evaluation to determine primarily fidelity, but also acceptance and sustainability of the Y-PATH NI intervention.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Y-PATH Intervention Group

Participants will receive the Y-PATH NI intervention programme which is an adapted form of physical education classes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Y-PATH NI

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Y-PATH NI intervention provides a whole of school approach with student, teacher, parent and guardian components. Student components: Y-PATH resources delivered by physical education teachers (6 lesson plans, resource cards to use as teaching prompts), student handbook. Posters are also displayed in the sports hall/ PE department.

Teacher components: Teachers will receive online and in-person training to deliver the Y-PATH programme. This component also targets all non-specialist PE teachers and includes workshops, information leaflets, development of a physical activity promotion charter and a step challenge.

Parent/guardian components: Information session and leaflets distributed across the intervention period.

Control Group

Participants will continue to receive their usual physical education classes.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Y-PATH NI

The Y-PATH NI intervention provides a whole of school approach with student, teacher, parent and guardian components. Student components: Y-PATH resources delivered by physical education teachers (6 lesson plans, resource cards to use as teaching prompts), student handbook. Posters are also displayed in the sports hall/ PE department.

Teacher components: Teachers will receive online and in-person training to deliver the Y-PATH programme. This component also targets all non-specialist PE teachers and includes workshops, information leaflets, development of a physical activity promotion charter and a step challenge.

Parent/guardian components: Information session and leaflets distributed across the intervention period.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Schools

• Post-primary schools in NI with at least one Year 8 class group commencing in the academic year 2023 will be eligible to take part in the study.
• Schools must have a minimum of one PE period/week timetabled for incoming Year 8 pupils,
• have an indoor sports hall (to facilitate intervention delivery)
• employ a qualified PE teacher (with at least 1 years' experience) to teach PE to the Year 8 class group.

Pupils

• All pupils (male and female) in the Year 8 classes identified by the school, who can take part in PE classes, will be eligible to participate in the study.

Teachers

• Male and female school staff
• PE specialist teachers (with at least 1 years' experience)
• Staff need to be over 18 years old.

Parents/Guardians

• Male and female parents/guardians
• aged over 18 years old
• with at least one child participating in the Y-PATH NI intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

Schools

• Primary schools
• Schools which do not provided a minimum of one PE period/week timetabled for incoming Year 8 pupils,
• Schools without an indoor sports hall (to facilitate intervention delivery)
• Schools that do not employ a qualified PE teacher (with at least 1 years' experience) to teach PE to the Year 8 class group.

Pupils

• Pupils in Year 9 and above
• Pupils who do not take part in PE class (determined by the school)

Teachers

• Teachers not involved with the Y-PATH NI intervention

Parents/Guardians

• Not having at least one child who participated in the Y-PATH NI intervention

• Minimum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Dublin City University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University College Cork

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Ulster

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Angela Carlin, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ulster University

Locations

Ulster University

Londonderry, , United Kingdom

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United Kingdom

Central Contacts

Angela Carlin, PhD

Role: CONTACT

a.carlin1@ulster.ac.uk

028 71675037

Facility Contacts

McClelland

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

REC/23/0045

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id