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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
EARLY_PHASE1
15 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-03-31
2025-07-29
Brief Summary
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Aim 1 (Primary): Evaluate if a 6-week SYEP provides an initial signal for effectiveness (maintenance or decrease in zBMI) over the summer.
Hypothesis 1: Adolescents who participated in a SYEP will maintain or decrease their BMI over the summer.
Aim 2 (Secondary): Evaluate changes in obesogenic behaviors (physical activity, sleep, sedentary, and diet) over the summer.
Hypothesis 2: Adolescents who participated in a SYEP will increase physical activity, reduce sedentary behavior, and improve sleep and diet quality over the summer.
Aim 3 (Secondary): Evaluate the feasibility of SYEP for obesity prevention intervention to inform intervention scalability.
Hypothesis 3: The SYEP program will be a feasible and acceptable intervention strategy for the prevention of obesity in adolescents over the summer.
Detailed Description
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SYEPs are well-established, continuously operating initiatives over 60 years with proven benefits in academics, workforce development, and crime prevention, and may also act as obesity prevention strategies. Rather than creating new interventions, investing in and expanding access to SYEPs-programs with high demand yet limited capacity (with only \~28% of applicants matched with jobs each summer, leaving the majority on waitlists)-can offer a practical solution for youth obesity prevention.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Summer Youth Employment Program
Participants will work as junior summer camp counselors at a University of Houston camp, up to 24 hours/week, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 AM-3:30 PM (with a 12-1 PM lunch break), for six weeks from mid-June to the end of July. Participants will assist senior counselors with indoor/outdoor activities such as games, enrichment, and academics. On Fridays, from 10 AM to 12 PM, participants will attend professional development workshops on topics such as communication, teamwork, resume building, and job search skills. From 12-2:30 PM, undergraduate staff will lead social activities and mentoring.
Summer Youth Employment Program
The intervention aims to employ adolescents in paid positions for six weeks during the summer, providing them with a structured, routine-based, and adult-supervised environment similar to that of the school year.
Interventions
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Summer Youth Employment Program
The intervention aims to employ adolescents in paid positions for six weeks during the summer, providing them with a structured, routine-based, and adult-supervised environment similar to that of the school year.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Willing to work at the summer camp for six consecutive weeks
* Able to pass the employment admission procedure (job interview)
* Able to obtain parental consent and provide assent for study participation
Exclusion Criteria
* Diagnosis of an intellectual and/or physical disability requiring specialized employment regulations or intervention strategies
* Participation in a health promotion intervention within the past six months
14 Years
17 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
NIH
University of Houston
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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University of Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Countries
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References
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Czajkowski SM, Powell LH, Adler N, Naar-King S, Reynolds KD, Hunter CM, Laraia B, Olster DH, Perna FM, Peterson JC, Epel E, Boyington JE, Charlson ME. From ideas to efficacy: The ORBIT model for developing behavioral treatments for chronic diseases. Health Psychol. 2015 Oct;34(10):971-82. doi: 10.1037/hea0000161. Epub 2015 Feb 2.
Pierce B, Bowden B, McCullagh M, Diehl A, Chissell Z, Rodriguez R, Berman BM, D Adamo CR. A Summer Health Program for African-American High School Students in Baltimore, Maryland: Community Partnership for Integrative Health. Explore (NY). 2017 May-Jun;13(3):186-197. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Feb 24.
Yazel-Smith L, El-Mikati HK, Adjei M, Haberlin-Pittz KM, Agnew M, Hannon TS. Integrating Diabetes Prevention Education Among Teenagers Involved in Summer Employment: Encouraging Environments for Health in Adolescence (ENHANCE). J Community Health. 2020 Aug;45(4):856-861. doi: 10.1007/s10900-020-00802-2.
Modestino AS, Paulsen RJ. Reducing inequality summer by summer: Lessons from an evaluation of the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program. Eval Program Plann. 2019 Feb;72:40-53. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.09.006. Epub 2018 Sep 24.
Other Identifiers
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STUDY00005180
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id