Health Outcomes of Teens Participating in Summer Employment Immersion Programs

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pediatric Obesity; Prediabetic State

• Registration Number: NCT02886208
• Lead Sponsor: Indiana University

Brief Summary

This study is a collaboration between investigators and two community partners: a youth employment program and an urban farm. The community partners hire 300+ adolescents for summer jobs at various organizations. Approximately 120 adolescents will be employed with the urban farm site. As one component of their program evaluation plan, investigators will evaluate change in BMI of participants. The investigators hypothesize that there will be a reduction in BMI of those participants working at the urban farm site.

Detailed Description

The investigators will measure height/weight/BMI of all participants located at the urban farm site. Investigators will also collect demographic data as well as other social data (example: food security).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07
• Primary Completion: 2016-07
• Study Completion: 2016-07
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-31
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-01
• Status Verified: 2019-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-02-18
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 83

Inclusion Criteria

• employed by summer work program at urban farm

Exclusion Criteria

• N/A

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
BMI	6 weeks