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Uplifting Equitable Park Use and Promoting Physical Activity Among African American Families in Minnesota: A Culturally-Responsive, Community-Engaged Approach

NCT06445556 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2025-01-08

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Summary

Social injustices, such as the absence of racial representation and culturally tailored programs in parks, may further discourage African American families from accessing and using these spaces. 10 Studies are needed to investigate how exposure to more equitable greenspace environments may support physical activity (PA) among African American families. Justice-focused, park-based PA interventions hold high promise for reducing health disparities and future cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and related chronic conditions (RCC) risk, thus carrying significant implications for the fields of public health, family medicine, and urban planning.

This pilot study is a two-arm, parallel randomized controlled trial that will be conducted in partnership with community stakeholders from the Three River Park District (TRPD); TRPD parks are located in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. This trial aims to evaluate the changes in PA, psychological health, sleep, and blood pressure among a cohort of African American parent-child dyads who will be randomized to two intervention conditions. The intervention conditions are: (1) a culturally tailored, nature-based program offered at the TRPD (hereafter, "NatureUplift"), and (2) NatureUplift plus a supplementary walking/hiking educational component (hereafter, "NatureUplift+Active"). Participant dyads will be randomized to NatureUplift or NatureUplift+Active.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

NatureUplift

a culturally tailored, nature-based program offered at the TRPD. treatment condition will have a duration of 12 weeks, with 60 min/week of nature-based, light-intensity activities (e.g., forest bathing). Following week 12, participant dyads who were randomized to the NatureUplift intervention (i.e., delayed intervention arm) will receive access to 4 additional weeks of the NatureUplift+Active intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

NatureUplift+Active

NatureUplift plus a supplementary walking/hiking educational component. treatment condition will have a duration of 12 weeks, with 60 min/week of nature-based, light-intensity activities (e.g., forest bathing) prescribed during the NatureUplift condition and an additional 60 min/week of supplementary moderate- intensity activities (e.g., walking and hiking) prescribed during the NatureUplift+Active condition. Those who were randomized to the NatureUplift+Active intervention will continue to receive access to 4 additional weeks of the NatureUplift+Active intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Junia de Brito, PhD, MPH, MBA · University of Minnesota

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-15
Primary Completion
2024-12-14
Completion
2024-12-14

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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