Strong Teens for Healthy Schools Change Club: A Civic Engagement Approach to Improving Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Environments

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

500

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 27, 2023

Primary Completion Date

April 15, 2027

Study Completion Date

April 15, 2027

Conditions
Cardiovascular DiseasesNutritionPhysical Activity
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

STHS Intervention

"STHS program~The intervention group (10 schools) will participate in the STHS program. During the fall semester (September to December), the intervention group will receive 24 thirty-minute modules (or twelve 1-hour modules) that provide education on civic engagement, healthy eating, and physical activity. During the spring semester (February to May), the intervention group will receive 24 thirty-minute modules (or twelve 1-hour modules) that focus on implementing the school health environmental change project and receive support for maintaining individual-level healthy eating and physical activity behaviors."

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

"No STHS program~The usual care group will be offered the same activities as the intervention group after the conclusion of the research study."

Trial Locations (1)

75252

RECRUITING

Texas A&M AgriLife Dallas Center, Dallas

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

NIH

lead

Texas A&M University

OTHER