Promoting Physical Activity and Fitness Among Underserved Latino Families Living in U.S.-Mexico Border Regions

Part of paid clinical trials in San Diego, California.

Sponsor
San Diego State University
Study ID
NCT06596902
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Heart Disease
  • Obesity Prevention

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
6 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Physical Activity — BEHAVIORAL
    The 12-month intervention will progressively increase in intensity and complexity to teach parents/children more complex sports skills and behavioral techniques, to prepare them to become future team leaders for nutrition education and sports sessions. In addition, the family Olympics events will take place after every 3-month to reinforce progression, social support; progressive improvements: Phase 1: Beginner (months 0-3) will focus on introductory concepts and basic sports skills and will focus on establishing consistent behavioral patterns and social support. Phase 2: Intermediate (months 4-6) will begin to introduce slightly more complex nutrition behavioral concepts and increase difficulty of sport skills, and reinforce behavioral patterns from phase 1. Phase 4: Advanced (months 10-12) will teach parents and children advanced sports skills ; nutrition knowledge so that they may become team leaders to help implement future activity sessions and nutrition education sessions.

Study Details

This study has the goal to increase physical activity and fitness among Latinos in San Diego, California and Mexicali, Baja California (U.S.-Mexico border) since these cities have similar diseases such as high rates of heart disease and obesity. Therefore there is a need to have physical activity programs for children and their families. We will collaborate with community centers to have this program available.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 24, 2024
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2027
Completion
Jan 31, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
290 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention Program
    The 12-month intervention will progressively increase in intensity \& complexity to teach parents/children more complex sports skills \& behavioral techniques, \& to prepare them to become future team leaders for nutrition education and sports sessions. In addition, the family Olympics events will take place after every 3-month to reinforce progression, social support, \& progressive improvements: Phase 1: Beginner (months 0-3) will focus on introductory concepts \& basic sports skills \& will focus on establishing consistent behavioral patterns \& social support. Phase 2: Intermediate (months 4-6) will begin to introduce slightly more complex nutrition \& behavioral concepts, increase difficulty of sport skills, \& reinforce behavioral patterns from phase 1. Phase 4: Advanced (months 10-12) will teach parents \& children advanced sports skills \& nutrition knowledge so that they may become team leaders to help implement future activity sessions and nutrition education sessions.
  • No Intervention: Control Group
    Centers that are randomly assigned to the control group will continue with regularly schedule programing and activities. Families recruited from control centers will be allowed to take part in all the programs offered at the recreation centers, with exception to the AFL program since it will not be offered at those centers. Control group families will also receive publicly available information regarding the benefits of PA and strategies to become physically active (e.g., CDC PA guidelines websites \& handbook). 12-month sustainability phase will involve assessments at the organizational and individual levels. At the organizational level, we will examine the number of AFL sessions held at each recreation center and document the number of phone consultations, length of calls, and barriers addressed. At the individual level, we will examine the number of minutes of adult and child habitual PA.

Primary Outcome Measure

Child Physical Activity (PA) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
San Diego State UniversitySan DiegoCalifornia92182-

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