A School-Based Partnership With Rural Tribal Schools for the Primary Prevention of Obesity Among American Indian Youth (P2)
Northern Arizona University
Summary
The goal of this study is to learn if a culturally relevant health promotion curricula prevents obesity among 4th graders in rural tribal schools. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Does the health promotion curricula intervention increase diet and physical activity behaviors in 4th grade students? Researchers will compare 4th grade classes who will receive intervention at two intervention schools to 4th grades at two comparison schools who will not receive the intervention. All participants will have their skin carotenoids assessed using Veggie Meter, complete 24-hour diet recall via telephone, height and weight measured, body composition, answer two surveys about perceptions of their school environment practices and diet patterns at school, wear accelerometers for 7 days
Description
High prevalence of obesity is a serious health concern among American Indian (AI) youth, placing them at disproportionate risk for adult obesity and obesity-driven metabolic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Among individuals with diabetes, alarmingly, cancer has become the leading cause of death. This underscores the urgent need to address excess weight in AI youth to protect against obesity-related diseases and cancer. To date, a limited number of intervention studies have been developed to prevent obesity in AI youth with few studies that have used schools for i…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 8–10 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: students enrolled in the 4th and 3rd grades at one of the participating schools, has parental consent, ability to attend baseline assessment, and the 3-day summer camp - Exclusion Criteria: any student not in either the 3rd or 4th grades, and youth who have not completed an application with any known allergies or limitations to physical activity will not be included \-
Interventions
- BehavioralHealth promotion curricula
3-day summer camp and 9-month health promotion curriculum that focuses on physical activity and nutrition
Locations (3)
- Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona
- Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona
- Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona