Recruiting

Health Promotion Curriculum

Sponsor:

Northern Arizona University

Code:

NCT06864468

Conditions

Obesity Prevention

School Wellness Policy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 10

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Health promotion curricula

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this study is to learn if a culturally relevant health promotion curricula prevents obesity among 4th graders in rural tribal schools. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Does the health promotion curricula intervention increase diet and physical activity behaviors in 4th grade students? Researchers will compare 4th grade classes who will receive intervention at two intervention schools to 4th grades at two comparison schools who will not receive the intervention.

All participants will have their skin carotenoids assessed using Veggie Meter, complete 24-hour diet recall via telephone, height and weight measured, body composition, answer two surveys about perceptions of their school environment practices and diet patterns at school, wear accelerometers for 7 days

Conditions

Obesity Prevention

School Wellness Policy

Study ID

NCT06864468

Start date

Aug 26, 2025

Status verified date

Nov, 2025

Completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 10

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria: students enrolled in the 4th and 3rd grades at one of the participating schools, has parental consent, ability to attend baseline assessment, and the 3-day summer camp -

Exclusion Criteria: any student not in either the 3rd or 4th grades, and youth who have not completed an application with any known allergies or limitations to physical activity will not be included

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Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention group

Health promotion curricula includes

no intervention: Control group

No intervention, usual day to day activities

Interventions

Health promotion curricula

3-day summer camp and 9-month health promotion curriculum that focuses on physical activity and nutrition

Primary outcome measure

  • Body Mass Index [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 9 months ]
  • 24-hour dietary recalls [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 9 months ]
  • Veggie Meter [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 9 months ]
  • Physical activity wrist acclerometer (ActiGraph) [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 9 months ]
  • Health promotion survey [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 9 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Regina S Eddie, PhD

928-523-5437regina.eddie@nau.edu

Velia L Nuno, PhD

520-626-3525vleybas@arizona.edu

Locations

Northern Arizona University

Recruiting

Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, 86011

Contacts

Regina S Eddie, PhD

928-606-2670regina.eddie@nau.edu

Velia L Nuno, PhD

520-626-3525vleybas@arizona.edu

Principal Investigator:

Regina S Eddie, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Northern Arizona University

Last update posted

Nov 20, 2025

Last verified

Nov, 2025

Keywords

  • school-based
  • obesity prevention
  • American Indian children and youth
  • school wellness policy

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northern Arizona University on 2025-11-20.