Testing the effectiveness and implementation at scale of TransformUs program on physical activity and sitting time in Australian Secondary Schools.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Sedentary behaviour in adolescents; Physical activity in adolescents; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000600741
• Lead Sponsor: Deakin University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 22 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6344

Inclusion Criteria

IMPLEMENTATION TRIAL
•As this is a real-world trial, all Australian secondary schools and school staff are eligible to register.
•TransformUs will be available to all secondary school staff in Australia, however, the research component will only be offered to secondary staff at Government and Independent schools (*). In 2020 there were 113,084 secondary school staff at Government and Independent schools across the country (ABS, 2020). Based on uptake of the TransformUs Primary program (ACTRN12617000204347), it is likely that no more than 5% of eligible staff will participate, which equates to approx. n=5654 staff. Only teachers registered to TransformUs who work in Government/Independent schools will be invited to take part in the research (surveys, EMAs and interviews). Based on response rates from TransformUs Primary, this is likely to be no more than 40% of registrants.

*Note: ethical approval will be sought from each State/Territory’s equivalent of the Victorian Department of Education and Training for the research component.

EFFECTIVENESS TRIAL
•Schools: Victorian and Tasmanian Government and Independent secondary schools (urban or rural), as well as Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne or Archdiocese of Hobart (as these are the two largest dioceses in each state). We aim to recruit a diverse range of schools from urban and regional areas, SES, type (Government, Independent, Catholic) and size. (n=Up to 10 schools).
•School staff (leaders): 1 nominated school leader per school (n=10)
•Year 7-10 teaching school staff at the Effectiveness trial schools will be invited to test the effectiveness of the program. *may be targeted depending on which teachers are delivering the intervention e.g. if maths is selected maths teachers (n=80)
•All year 7-10 students from Effectiveness trial schools will be invited to participate in the evaluation of the intervention (n=600)

Exclusion Criteria

IMPLEMENTATION TRIAL
•Any registrant working at a Catholic school will not be invited to take part in the research component (surveys, EMA’s or interviews). This is an operational decision as it would require applications to conduct research in these schools to approx. 25 separate dioceses across the country.
EFFECTIVENESS TRIAL
•Teachers who only teach years 11 or 12 and students in year 11 and 12 will not be recruited into the Effectiveness Trial. This is due to the timing of follow-up assessments coinciding with when end-of-year exams are likely to take place.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified