Child Nutrition, Child Physical Activity
Conditions
Keywords
afterschool, accelerometers, plate waste, policy, environment
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to design and conduct research to tailor out of school time evaluation materials so they are applicable to various settings in Boston, are efficient in that minimal resources and time are used, and are useful to participants.
Detailed description
Nearly half of Boston's school age children (49%) participate in out of school time programs, a critical time to intervene on physical activity and nutrition. Previous research has mostly focused on during-school-day efforts, or on child care policies and practices for very young children, leaving a gap in the knowledge of what might work with programs serving school-age children during out of school time. OSNAP aims to implement low cost and sustainable policy and environmental interventions to improve physical activity and healthy eating/beverage environments. Data will be collected via observations, plate waste and accelerometers on program policies, environments, practices and behavioral outcomes related to physical activity, beverage, snack and screen time outcomes.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPolicy and Environmental Change
Afterschool programs participate in an assessment of physical activity and nutrition practices and policies. Study staff work with teams of afterschool programs in a participatory manner to identify areas in which programs would like to take practice, policy and communication efforts to meet physical activity and nutrition goals. Teams share progress and barriers during ongoing collaborative meetings.
Sponsors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Afterschool programs in Boston MA serving at least 40 children ages 5-12 years operating the full school year between September and June * Afterschool programs serving a snack to children * Children between the ages of 5 and 12 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in physical activity | Participants' physical activity will be measure over the course of 5 consecutive school days pre-intervention and 5 consecutive school days post-intervention | Accelerometer and SOPLAY observation |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in dietary intake | Participants' dietary intake will be measure over the course of 5 consecutive school days pre-intervention and 5 consecutive school days post-intervention | plate waste consumption |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed