Recruiting

Physical Activity

Sponsor:

Deanna Hoelscher

Code:

NCT06970067

Conditions

Physical Activity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 11 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Active Middle School Communities

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to identify community-level barriers and facilitators for active transport and leisure physical activity and to co-create and test the effectiveness and longer-term sustainability of community-based physical activity intervention strategies in middle schools. Participation in this study may help the investigators and scientific community better understand and address child physical activity and health. This study will collect information about middle school children's physical activity behaviors, habits, knowledge, and activity. The UTHealth School of Public Health is leading the study together with the University of Texas at Austin.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Study ID

NCT06970067

Start date

Mar 2, 2026

Status verified date

Dec, 2025

Completion date

Dec 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 31, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 11 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parent/guardian and child/adolescent dyads
  • Child/adolescent must be enrolled in the 6th grade at participating schools at baseline
  • Parent/guardian and child/adolescent must reside in the same household
  • Parent/guardian and child/adolescent must reside within the school catchment area (school community)
  • Parent/guardian must speak English or Spanish
  • Child/adolescent must speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Child/adolescent has a condition that precludes or decreases participation in physical activity
  • Child/adolescent cannot complete a written survey

Study Design

Enrollment

450 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Physical activity intervention co-produced by the community and investigators

This intervention will engage multi-sectoral and multi-generational community members and middle school students for co-producing (co-design, co-implementation, and co-evaluation) contextually-responsive intervention strategies to improve access to active transport and leisure in three middle school communities.

no intervention: Usual environmental and programmatic programs

During the trial, three comparison school communities will not receive the intervention and will engage in usual environmental and programmatic programs. After the trial is completed, these schools will receive a modified version of the programs and strategies developed in the intervention arm (delayed intervention).

Interventions

Active Middle School Communities

This intervention will engage multi-sectoral and multi-generational community members and middle school students to co-produce (co-design, co-implementation, and co-evaluation) contextually-responsive intervention strategies to improve access to active transport and leisure, resulting in increased physical activity and decreased risk for chronic disease in middle school communities. This intervention will use community-based participatory methods, with resources provided for changes in the built environment around the school catchment area.

Primary outcome measure

  • Child/adolescent physical activity [ Time Frame: Baseline, 12 months (initial effectiveness), and 24 months (sustainability) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Deanna M Hoelscher, PhD

(512) 391-2510Deanna.M.Hoelscher@uth.tmc.edu

Deborah Salvo, PhD

408-386-5614dsalvo@austin.utexas.edu

Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Recruiting

Austin, Texas, United States, 78701

Contacts

Deanna M Hoelscher, PhD

5123912510Deanna.M.Hoelscher@uth.tmc.edu

Sarah S Bentley, MPH

+1 (512) 482 6152Sarah.S.Bentley@uth.tmc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Deanna M Hoelscher, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Deanna Hoelscher

Last update posted

May 11, 2026

Last verified

Dec, 2025

Keywords

  • physical activity
  • adolescent health
  • active transport
  • active leisure
  • middle school

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Deanna Hoelscher on 2026-05-11.