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NCT Number: NCT06595251

Community Park-Based Programs for Health Promotion: Fit2Play Prospective Cohort Study

The Fit2Play prospective cohort study examines the effects of a park-based youth physical activity afterschool program on youth participant fitness and mental health outcomes. Duke will perform a secondary analysis of the data collected as part of the Fit2Play prospective cohort study run by Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation.

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Key information

Conditions

Overweight Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Body Weight Cardiovascular Diseases Depression Hypertension Low Physical Fitness Mental Disorders Motor Activity Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Obesity Overnutrition Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Personal Satisfaction Prehypertension Psychological Psychological Well-Being Signs and Symptoms Vascular Diseases Well-Being

Age range

6 year–14 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department

Miami, Florida, 33128, United States

Location status: Recruiting

About this study

The Fit2Play prospective cohort study examines the effects of a park-based youth physical activity afterschool program on youth participant fitness and mental health outcomes. The Fit2Play program was designed by a team of MDPROS professionals and UM faculty. It is a daily after-school park-based program (Monday-Friday, 2 PM-6 PM) that comprises (1) 60 minutes of physical activity that incorporates multiple sports (soccer, kickball, flag football) and activities from Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK), a play- and evidenced-based, outcome-oriented, structured, active recreation program for children with a focus on developing and improving motor skills, movement knowledge, social and personal skills; and (2) 20-30 minutes of nutrition education lessons 1-2 times per week that incorporate EmpowerMe4Life, a health and wellness curriculum aligned to the National Health Education Standards for fifth grade and grounded in the American Heart Association's scientific recommendations in promoting heart-healthy lifestyles. Fit2Play programming is implemented by park coaches, who are hired with health and wellness training and/or education-specific background(s) with at least a high school degree. Participants are divided into younger (6-9 years) and older (10-14 years) age groups regardless of weight status, and coaches choose daily age-appropriate SPARK and other physical activities for each group. With an oversight from a registered dietician, similarly, the UM-MDPROS team has expanded the EmpowerMe4Life curriculum to include younger (6-9 years) and older (10-14 years) age group modules.

The research team includes a large community organization (Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department). All consented Fit2Play participants (400-800 per year) complete a baseline (August/September) and post-test (May/June) assessment during each school year of participation that include demographic, mental health symptom questionnaires, satisfaction surveys, and on-site physical fitness and biometric measurements. Data collection is performed by a core MDPROS measurement team who are trained and certified by University of Miami School of Medicine faculty. In addition, MDPROS bachelor/master's level recreation directors oversee on-site measurement procedures and collection of all predata and postdata to ensure measurement fidelity. Data are then uploaded to a shared (parks and university) database via a data management team.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All participants enrolled in the Miami-Dade Fit2Play study will be included in this secondary analysis

Exclusion criteria

  • Anyone not enrolled in the Miami-Dade Fit2Play study will be excluded from this secondary analysis

Treatment and study plan

Fit2Play curriculum

Other

Fit2Play is a daily after-school park-based program (Monday-Friday, 2 PM-6 PM) that comprises (1) 60 minutes of physical activity that incorporates multiple sports (soccer, kickball, flag football) and activities from Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK), a play- and evidenced-based, outcome-oriented, structured, active recreation program for children with a focus on developing and improving motor skills, movement knowledge, social and personal skills; and (2) 20-30 minutes of nutrition education lessons 1-2 times per week that incorporate EmpowerMe4Life, a health and wellness curriculum aligned to the National Health Education Standards for fifth grade and grounded in the American Heart Association's scientific recommendations in promoting heart-healthy lifestyles. Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation is the sponsor of the Fit2Play prospective cohort study. Duke is conducting a secondary data analysis on data collected as part of the Fit2Play study.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Weight

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  2. Change in Height

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  3. Change in Waist-to-Hip Circumference

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  4. Change in Pulse

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  5. Change in Blood Pressure

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  6. Change in PACER score

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  7. Change in sit-and-reach test

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  8. Change in number of push-ups

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  9. Change in number of sit-ups

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  10. Change in Kidscreen-27

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  11. Change in GAD-7

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

  12. Change in PHQ-8

    Time frame: Baseline, 12-72 MONTHS

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Emily M D'Agostino, DPH, MS, MEd, MA

CONTACT

[email protected]

+1 919 668 8540

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Duke University

Other

Collaborators

  • Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation
  • The Children's Trust, Miami FL

Registry information

Acronym: F2P

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Sep 19, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 4, 2025

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