The Change Club Study: Evaluation of Civic Engagement for Built Environment Change and Health Improvement

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Heart Diseases

In brief

This is a community randomized controlled trial to evaluate a civic engagement curriculum through which residents will identify barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and physical activity and then implement a project in their communities.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05002660

Run by

Texas A&M University

People needed

2420

Starts

2023-05-03

Expected to finish

2026-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• We will be recruiting Change Club members (CCM), friend and family members (FFM) of CCM, and community residents (CR).
• Common inclusion criteria include:
• Age 18-99
• English-speaking
• CCM also must:
• Provide consent electronically
• Be willing to be randomized to either group
• Score "poor" or "intermediate" on at least one of the Simple 7 composite score items (e.g. not meeting Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans)
• Live in one of the designated towns in NY and TX
• FFM also must:
• Provide consent electronically
• Be family members or friends identified by a CCM
• CR also must:
• Provide consent electronically
• Live in one of the designated towns in NY and TX

You may not qualify if…

• Cognitive impairment (if it precludes completion of assessments and/or intervention)
• Inability to communicate due to severe, uncorrectable hearing loss or speech disorder (if it precludes completion of assessments and/or intervention)
• Severe visual impairment (if it precludes completion of assessments and/or intervention)
• Inability to read (as it precludes completion of assessments and/or intervention)
• Already included in another study sample (e.g. CR cannot also be CCM)

Where it is running

• Camden and surrounding towns — Camden, New York, United States
• Canastota — Canastota, New York, United States
• Carthage and surrounding towns — Carthage, New York, United States
• Hamilton and surrounding towns — Hamilton, New York, United States
• Rome — Rome, New York, United States
• Hounsfield and surrounding towns — Sackets Harbor, New York, United States
• Watertown — Watertown, New York, United States
• Center and Shelbyville — Center, Texas, United States
• Groveton and Woodlake — Groveton, Texas, United States
• Littlefield and surrounding towns — Littlefield, Texas, United States
• Marshall — Marshall, Texas, United States
• Plainview — Plainview, Texas, United States
• Trinity — Trinity, Texas, United States

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