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Promoting Physical Activity In High Poverty Neighborhoods

NCT01925404 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2018-06-19

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Summary

Encouraging greater levels of physical activity is critical to improving health among Americans, who are largely sedentary. Neighborhood parks are resources for physical activity that are available to most Americans within a couple miles of their homes, yet many residents are unaware of the programs and facilities available. Previous research indicates that park use is related to park programming and outreach. Because funding for parks is limited, low-cost interventions are needed to attract more people to parks to engage in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. While many community-based organizations would like to invest in efforts that increase physical activity, few low-cost park programs are documented to be both scalable and cost-effective. Effective programs that can be replicated to make population-level impacts are needed. The goal of this study is to develop and test 2 low-cost community-level approaches, free exercise classes vs. a frequent user program, to promoting physical activity, singly and in combination, in 48 park settings in Los Angeles low-income neighborhoods.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Free physical activity classes

100 hours of free activity classes will be provided

BEHAVIORAL

Frequent User

Participants can become eligible for prizes by visiting the park more frequently

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • AltaMed Health Services Corporation

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • RAND

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Deborah A Cohen, MD, MPH · RAND

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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