Turn up the HEAT - Healthy Eating and Activity Time in Summer Day Camps
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 6 - 14 |
| Updated: | 9/30/2018 |
| Start Date: | January 2015 |
| End Date: | August 2018 |
The investigators long-term goal is to increase the number of Summer Day Camps (SDC) that
meet the National Afterschool Association Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA)
Standards. The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention
designed to increase children's PA levels and improve the quality of lunches and snacks
children consume in SDCs. The HEPA intervention is designed to target children, parents,
staff, program leaders, and the SDC environment and uses a train-the-trainer model with SDC
leaders to train their staff to deliver and integrate the intervention into routine practice.
In the proposed study, the investigators will evaluate these HEPA strategies, using a 4-year
randomized controlled trial with 20 SDCs. An important feature of the study will be the
evaluation of maintenance of the intervention after the removal of research support (e.g.,
training, boosters) during the final year, as well as costs associated with implementation.
The investigators hypothesize that intervention SDCs will achieve significantly greater
increases in HEPA, compared to control SDCs. The investigators expect the study to support
the cost-effectiveness and maintenance of our strategies for promoting HEPA that will
facilitate SDCs meeting newly-established HEPA standards for this setting.
meet the National Afterschool Association Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA)
Standards. The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention
designed to increase children's PA levels and improve the quality of lunches and snacks
children consume in SDCs. The HEPA intervention is designed to target children, parents,
staff, program leaders, and the SDC environment and uses a train-the-trainer model with SDC
leaders to train their staff to deliver and integrate the intervention into routine practice.
In the proposed study, the investigators will evaluate these HEPA strategies, using a 4-year
randomized controlled trial with 20 SDCs. An important feature of the study will be the
evaluation of maintenance of the intervention after the removal of research support (e.g.,
training, boosters) during the final year, as well as costs associated with implementation.
The investigators hypothesize that intervention SDCs will achieve significantly greater
increases in HEPA, compared to control SDCs. The investigators expect the study to support
the cost-effectiveness and maintenance of our strategies for promoting HEPA that will
facilitate SDCs meeting newly-established HEPA standards for this setting.
The investigators aim to:
Evaluate the impact of the HEPA interventions on: 1.) The proportion of children meeting the
PA Standard (i.e., ≥60min MVPA/d) while attending summer day camp; 2.) The proportion of
foods (e.g., fruit, vegetable, water) children and staff bring and consume at the summer day
camp that meet the HE Standards; and 3/) Changes in children's age-sex specific BMI
percentile from the start to end of summer
Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the HEPA intervention
Evaluate the maintenance of the HEPA intervention in summer day camps
Evaluate the impact of the HEPA interventions on: 1.) The proportion of children meeting the
PA Standard (i.e., ≥60min MVPA/d) while attending summer day camp; 2.) The proportion of
foods (e.g., fruit, vegetable, water) children and staff bring and consume at the summer day
camp that meet the HE Standards; and 3/) Changes in children's age-sex specific BMI
percentile from the start to end of summer
Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the HEPA intervention
Evaluate the maintenance of the HEPA intervention in summer day camps
Inclusion Criteria:
- Summer Day camps will be eligible if:
- They operate for at least 10 weeks during the summer
- They do not have any primary focus such as sports, art, or tutoring (must be a general
camp)
- Enrollment is at least 40 campers
- Operation hours are at least 8 hours.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children will be unable to wear an activity monitor if experience any physical and/or
orthopedic impairment that limits the child's ability to participate in regular PA
(e.g., wheelchair user)
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