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Healthy Kids Beyond the Bell: Investigating the Impact of After-School and Summer Programs
Led by University of South Carolina · Updated on 2024-03-12
480
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
234 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Nearly one in five children are obese, and disparities in overweight and obesity between children from low- and middle-to-high-income households persist despite a multitude of school-based interventions. The structured days hypothesis posits that structure within a school day plays a protective role for children against obesogenic behaviors, and, ultimately, prevents the occurrence of excessive weight gain, thus, past school-based efforts are misplaced. This study will provide access to healthy structured programming via vouchers to afterschool programs and summer day camps during two "windows of vulnerability" (ie afterschool and summer) for low-income children.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Healthy Kids Beyond the Bell: Investigating the Impact of After-School and Summer Programs
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Child is in kindergarten through 4th grade at a partner school
- Child is eligible for free and reduced price lunch
- Parent provides informed consent for the child's participation in the study
You will not qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of an intellectual disability such as Down Syndrome, Fragile X, or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Physical disability requiring assistance to walk, such as wheelchair use
- Family plans to enroll the child in a summer camp or after school program or plans to move during the 14-month study period
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29205
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Research Team
R
Robert Weaver
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
FACTORIAL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
4
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