Development of a Youth Healthy Living Program With Underserved Adolescents at Rochester Alternative Learning Center
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 12 - 70 |
| Updated: | 12/8/2018 |
| Start Date: | November 2014 |
| End Date: | December 2019 |
Development of a Youth Healthy Living Program at the Rochester Alternative Learning Center
Approximately one third of the children and adolescents in the United States are either
overweight or obese. Childhood obesity disproportionately affects specific racial and ethnic
groups and households with low socioeconomic status and low parental education. The
Alternative Learning Center (ALC) within Rochester School District 535 provides viable
educational options for students who are experiencing difficulty in regular educational
systems. A greater proportion of students at ALC are minorities, qualify for free and reduced
lunch and receive special education services. These children are likely to have unique
barriers to physical activity and healthy eating.
Specific Aims:
Aim 1: Examine the association between BMI and ethnic/ socioeconomic variables and behaviors
related to physical activity and eating in ALC students.
Aim 2: Develop an age and culturally appropriate on-site program that promotes healthy
lifestyle.
overweight or obese. Childhood obesity disproportionately affects specific racial and ethnic
groups and households with low socioeconomic status and low parental education. The
Alternative Learning Center (ALC) within Rochester School District 535 provides viable
educational options for students who are experiencing difficulty in regular educational
systems. A greater proportion of students at ALC are minorities, qualify for free and reduced
lunch and receive special education services. These children are likely to have unique
barriers to physical activity and healthy eating.
Specific Aims:
Aim 1: Examine the association between BMI and ethnic/ socioeconomic variables and behaviors
related to physical activity and eating in ALC students.
Aim 2: Develop an age and culturally appropriate on-site program that promotes healthy
lifestyle.
Investigators will assess the relationship between BMI and ethnicity, socioeconomic variables
and behaviors related to nutrition and physical activity among 200 ALC students.
Investigators will also conduct 6 gender stratified (3 boys, 3 girls) focus groups with
students (n=24), up to 3 focus groups with their parents (n=24) and one focus group with
staff and volunteers in order to understand perceived barriers towards healthy
weight/nutrition/physical activity. Investigators will then utilize this information to
co-develop a healthy living program at ALC. Investigators will finally test the feasibility
of the program they develop over a period of 3 months in ALC students. Study findings will
inform further research to test the efficacy and validity of the program developed at ALC in
a subsequent school based trial with the future goal of obtaining funding for cluster
randomized controlled trials among other schools in the region.
and behaviors related to nutrition and physical activity among 200 ALC students.
Investigators will also conduct 6 gender stratified (3 boys, 3 girls) focus groups with
students (n=24), up to 3 focus groups with their parents (n=24) and one focus group with
staff and volunteers in order to understand perceived barriers towards healthy
weight/nutrition/physical activity. Investigators will then utilize this information to
co-develop a healthy living program at ALC. Investigators will finally test the feasibility
of the program they develop over a period of 3 months in ALC students. Study findings will
inform further research to test the efficacy and validity of the program developed at ALC in
a subsequent school based trial with the future goal of obtaining funding for cluster
randomized controlled trials among other schools in the region.
Inclusion criteria:
- Rochester Alternative Learning Center students ages 12 years to 20 years
- Parents/guardians of ALC students
- ALC staff.
Exclusion criteria:
- Inability to assent or consent to participate in the study.
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