Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Code:

NCT06844786

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Childhood Obesity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 5 - 11

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Physical activity program

Navigation

Health promotion

Study Details

Brief summary:

Hamilton is a city with a growing newcomer population. Families who are new to Canada do not always have the same resources to access healthy active living (HAL) activities as compared to Canadian-born families. The SCORE! ACTIVE trial will recruit newcomer families with young children in Hamilton and help provide them with access to HAL activities. Through this, the investigators want to see if newcomer children's perspectives of physical activity will change over time. They will also see if increasing newcomer children's access to these resources will promote an increase in HAL behaviours.

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Childhood Obesity

Study ID

NCT06844786

Start date

Mar 1, 2025

Status verified date

Feb, 2025

Completion date

Aug 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 15, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 5 - 11

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Newcomer families (those who have been in Canada for 10 years or less) with at least 1 child aged 5 up to 11 (11.99 years) living in a Hamilton, Ontario.
  • At least one parent/guardian born outside of Canada and residing in Canada ≤ 10 years.
  • Families must be living in one of the designated neighbourhood clusters

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children participating in organized physical activity programs for 3 or more times per week
  • Families with involvement with child protection services and/or foster care

Study Design

Enrollment

1400 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: SCORE! ACTIVE

This is the only arm of the study. The interventions included in this arm are physical activity programming (SCORE! CLUB), navigator services (SCORE! navigator), and health promotion messaging. All clusters will receive this intervention.

Interventions

Physical activity program

SCORE! Club is offered twice a week for enrolled participants. Modules will include soccer, arts and health, Sportball, and nature-based activities.

Navigation

Participants will have access to a navigator from the study team who will help them access resources relating to recreation and physical activity in their communities. For example, the navigator will help direct families with low income to the recreation assistance program if they are interested in such a service.

Health promotion

Health promotion messaging will be provided to participants via social media and other physical methods (i.e., flyers). Topics will include diet, sleep, physical activity, and other related items.

Primary outcome measure

  • Children's Self-Perceptions of Adequacy in and Predilection for Physical Activity (CSAPPA) Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

McMaster University

Recruiting

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4L8

Contacts

Patricia Montague, MSc.

905-525-9140pmontag@mcmaster.ca

Principal Investigator:

Gita Wahi, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Last update posted

Feb 25, 2025

Last verified

Feb, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation on 2025-02-25.