Get in the GROOVE!

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Behavior; Prevention Harmful Effects
• Interventions: Other: Summer science wellness program emphasizing health education pertaining to nutrition, physical activity, and healthy lifestyle.

• Registration Number: NCT02187939
• Lead Sponsor: University of Miami

Brief Summary

Get in the GROOVE! will address health disparities impacting underserved youth. Given the alarming rate of overweight and obesity among high school minority youth, the project will focus on middle school with the primary aim of reaching middle school girls before unhealthy habits become firmly ingrained.

The primary aim of the research project is to investigate the impact of two types of summer science enrichment programs (that focus on health and wellness) on middle school girls' self-efficacy, health knowledge, health behaviors, and interest in science. One program will present the curriculum by conventional means (GROOVE condition) while the second program will include the addition of a closed 3-D virtual world environment to reinforce concepts (GROOVE+ condition).

The following hypotheses will be tested in the randomized controlled trial:

1. Upon completion of the summer program, the enhanced summer program GROOVE+ relative to the conventional summer program will result in a) increased self-efficacy for adopting healthy behavior change; b) increased health knowledge; c) enhanced science self-concept; and e) more positive behavior change (e.g., improved nutrition, increased physical activity).

2. At follow-up, the enhanced summer program relative to the conventional summer program will result in further and/or sustained improvements in positive behavior health behaviors and attitudes.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05
• Study First Submitted: 2014-06-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2014-07-11
• Primary Completion: 2016-09
• Study Completion: 2017-01
• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 375

Inclusion Criteria

• Girls 11-14 years old

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Exclusion Criteria

Girls are excluded if they are:

• not fluent in English
• enrolled in a special education program at school (other than gifted program) that would interfere with ability to master the material
• have a condition that would preclude their participation in the dance activities of the summer program

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Summer wellness program - nutrition & physical activity	Summer science wellness program emphasizing health education pertaining to nutrition, physical activity, and healthy lifestyle.	The GROOVE condition uses conventional means to address health-related activities and content within the context of a science museum summer enrichment program. The emphasis is on nutrition, physical activity, and healthy lifestyle.
Summer program plus virtual world technology	Summer science wellness program emphasizing health education pertaining to nutrition, physical activity, and healthy lifestyle.	The GROOVE+ condition enhances the conventional approach to address health-related activities and content within the context of a science museum summer enrichment program by employing technology and a 3-D virtual world as a key educational strategy. The emphasis is on nutrition, physical activity, and healthy lifestyle.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in Health Knowledge	pretreatment ( Day1-2) and post treatment (end of 3 week summer session)	Multiple choice questionnaire used to assess participants' health knowledge pertaining to nutrition, physical activity, weight, and lifestyle. The measure will test for the content of the summer program.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in Self-efficacy - science	pretreatment ( Day1-2) and post treatment (end of 3 week summer session)	Science self-efficacy assesses confidence to master the GROOVE program science components.
change in Self-efficacy - physical activity	pretreatment ( Day1-2) and post treatment (end of 3 week summer session)	The physical activity self-efficacy support seeking and barriers subscales developed by Saunders, Pate, Felton et al.'s (1997, Preventive Medicine, vol. 26, 241-247) will be used.
change in Self-efficacy - fruit and vegetable consumption	pretreatment ( Day1-2) and post treatment (end of 3 week summer session)	The food-related self-efficacy scale items comes from the work of Reynolds et al. ( 2002, Health Psychology, vol. 21, 51-60) and addresses fruit and vegetable consumption.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Patricia and Phillip Museum of Science; 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States

New York Hall of Science; 🇺🇸 Queens, New York, United States