Neighborhood Park Youth Sports Program Fee Waiver and Intensive Family Outreach

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Physical Activity

In brief

To evaluate a park-level intervention to increase child moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and decrease sedentary time among low-income racially/ethnically diverse children ages 6-12 yrs. Neighborhood parks (n=20) from Minneapolis (n=8) and Saint Paul (n=12) park systems will be randomized for a 2-year period to one of two arms: 1) Intensive Park Outreach and Youth Sports Program Fee Waiver (n=10); or 2) Youth Sports Program Fee Waiver Only (n=10). The evaluation cohort will consist of 432 children ages 6-12 yrs who reside in one of the 20 randomized park neighborhoods. Measurements from evaluation cohort-enrolled individual children will be collected at baseline, 6, 12, and 24 months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05231837

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

430

Starts

2022-02-15

Expected to finish

2025-12-18

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-14

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 6-12 years
• do not meet guidelines for recommended level of physical activity
• live in neighborhood served by one of 20 study parks
• able to be physically active
• do not plan to move in the next two years

You may not qualify if…

• younger than 6 or older than 12 years of age
• do not live within 2 miles of study park
• already meet physical activity guidelines
• not able to be physically active plan to move within two years

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota Division of Epidemiology & Community Health — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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