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Rural Libraries Promoting Walking and Walkability in Their Rural Communities

NCT05677906 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 331

Last updated 2024-01-16

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Summary

The investigators will randomize 20 rural libraries to implement either a group-based walking (standard approach) or a group-based walking combined with a civic engagement program (combined approach). Each rural library will enroll between 15-20 participants. The investigators will compare the change in physical activity between participants in each group.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

OTHER

Walking only (Step It Up!)

Participants will meet weekly for 60 minutes and walk together as a group. Participants will progressively build up to walking for 45 minutes at a brisk pace. Walks will start with a check-in and end with stretching as a group.

OTHER

Combined (Step It Up! plus Civic Engagement)

Participants in the combined groups will meet weekly for 90 minutes with group members. They will participate in a group walk for 60 minutes followed by 30 minutes of civic engagement aimed at improving walkability in the community

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas A&M University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia K Perry, PhD · Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-25
Primary Completion
2025-09-30
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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