Nutrition KnowledgeNCT03346356
SHCP in 4-H Using Teenagers as Teachers
A study testing Teenagers as cross-age SHCP teachers for younger youth in people with Nutrition Knowledge and Vegetable Preferences, run by University of California, Davis.
Trial summary
In close collaboration with the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program was implemented utilizing 4-H teenagers as cross-age teachers for younger youth. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 8 to 18 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Nutrition Knowledge, Vegetable Preferences, Youth Engagement
- What is being tested?
- Teenagers as cross-age SHCP teachers for younger youth
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 24 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 24 Oct 2016to 9 Jun 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 8 to 18 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- The research team will recruit and consent youth study participants and their parents from members of the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program. Youth study participants must be ages 14-18 for teenage teachers and 8-13 for younger youth participants. Study participants must be able to attend two-hour bimonthly meetings at the 4-H office and/or (depending on the activity) Food Bank garden in Grass Valley, California. Teenage teachers will also be required to complete ten hours of initial training before the start of SHCP implementation. All participants will be required to join the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program if they are not already a member. Teenage teachers' registration fees will be paid for by the research team. Comparison youth will be recruited from registered members of the Placer County 4-H Youth Development Program. Placer County 4-H club members will also be ages 14-18 for teenage comparisons and 8-13 for younger youth comparisons.
Who cannot join
- Foster children and wards of the state will not be enrolled in this study. Children younger than 8 or older than 18 are not eligible to participate.
About this study
Official title: Evaluation for Implementing the Shaping Healthy Choices Program in the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program Utilizing Teenagers as Teachers
In close collaboration with the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program was implemented utilizing 4-H teenagers as cross-age teachers for younger youth. The 4-H Youth Development Program is an education program of the University of California Cooperative Extension that emphasizes learning citizenship, leadership, and life skills. The program creates positive opportunities for youth to learn, develop skills, and become engaged in their local communities. This is accomplished with combined efforts of youth, volunteer leaders, and University staff and faculty through a fun, hands-on learning approach to non-formal education. As a requirement to participate in the program, all youth had to enroll in 4-H for the 2016-2017 year. Teenagers were initially trained in inquiry-based and experiential learning techniques before facilitating the program. Teenage teachers collectively lead classroom education, garden activities, and cooking demonstrations. Additionally, teenage teachers, UC Cooperative Extension staff, and UC Davis students organized and implemented a community health fair for elementary-aged children.
Measurements were taken on nutrition knowledge, vegetables preferences, civic responsibility, program fidelity, and self-efficacy for teaching nutrition. A parent interview was also conducted to gauge parental engagement and perception of whether their child had behavior changes while participating in the program. Preliminary findings from the parent interview show that children were more likely to support and engage in healthy eating practices throughout their involvement than they had before the program. Children also have expressed interests in continuing their participation in subsequent years. All other data for this intervention are currently undergoing analyses.
- Being tested
- Teenagers as cross-age SHCP teachers for younger youth
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Teenagers as cross-age SHCP teachers for younger youthBehavioural
Implementation of the SHCP using teenagers as cross-age teachers for younger youth
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Teenagers as cross-age teachers | Experimental | After the initial training, the teenage teachers facilitated the curricula associated with the SHCP, Discovering Healthy Choices and Cooking Up Healthy Choices, approximately twice a month. The curricula can be viewed at http://cns.ucdavis.edu/programs/shcp/curriculum.html. Each activity provided step-by-step instructions that the teenage teachers were asked to follow. Younger youth served as participants for the classroom and garden-based activities. Receives: Behavioral: Teenagers as cross-age SHCP teachers for younger youth |
| Comparison group | No intervention | Youth of similar ages to the intervention group completed the same assessments, but did not receive the intervention. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in nutrition knowledge
Nutrition knowledge was assessed using two validated measurement tools: one for younger youth and one for adolescents. Both questionnaires have a similar format and include multiple choice options.
Measured: Change in baseline nutrition knowledge at post-intervention approximately 6 months later
Secondary outcomes (3)
Change in self-efficacy for teaching nutrition
Self-efficacy for teaching nutrition questionnaire includes a questions about competencies for teaching nutrition that are rated using a 5-point Likert scale. This measurement was only used with the teenage teachers.
Measured: Change in baseline self-efficacy for teaching nutrition at post-intervention approximately 6 months later
Change in Civic Responsibility
Civic Responsibility questionnaire measures youth's connection and action within their community using a 6-point Likert scale. This measurement was only used with the teenage teachers.
Measured: Change in baseline Civic Responsibility at post-intervention approximately 6 months later
Change in vegetables preferences
Vegetables Preferences task involves displaying a whole vegetable as well as a sample of the vegetable for six different vegetables. One-on-one with a research assistant, youth are asked whether they can name the vegetable and a series of application and qualitative questions about that vegetable. This measurement was only used with the younger youth participants.
Measured: Change in baseline vegetable preferences for teaching nutrition at post-intervention approximately 6 months later
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Nov 2017
- Study start24 Oct 2016
- Primary completion9 Jun 2017
- Study completion9 Jun 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Nutrition KnowledgeStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, DavisThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 24 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Davis
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03346356
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 946461
- Status last verified
- Nov 2017
- First submitted
- 30 Oct 2017
- Last updated
- 17 Nov 2017
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 17 Nov 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluation for Implementing the Shaping Healthy Choices Program in the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program Utilizing Teenagers as Teachers
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03346356
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 946461
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 24 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, DavisUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 24 Oct 2016 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 9 Jun 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- 9 Jun 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 17 Nov 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
In close collaboration with the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program was implemented utilizing 4-H teenagers as cross-age teachers for younger youth. The 4-H Youth Development Program is an education program of the University of California Cooperative Extension that emphasizes learning citizenship, leadership, and life skills. The program creates positive opportunities for youth to learn, develop skills, and become engaged in their local communities. This is accomplished with combined efforts of youth, volunteer leaders, and University staff and faculty through a fun, hands-on learning approach to non-formal education. As a requirement to participate in the program, all youth had to enroll in 4-H for the 2016-2017 year. Teenagers were initially trained in inquiry-based and experiential learning techniques before facilitating the program. Teenage teachers collectively lead classroom education, garden activities, and cooking demonstrations. Additionally, teenage teachers, UC Cooperative Extension staff, and UC Davis students organized and implemented a community health fair for elementary-aged children.
Measurements were taken on nutrition knowledge, vegetables preferences, civic responsibility, program fidelity, and self-efficacy for teaching nutrition. A parent interview was also conducted to gauge parental engagement and perception of whether their child had behavior changes while participating in the program. Preliminary findings from the parent interview show that children were more likely to support and engage in healthy eating practices throughout their involvement than they had before the program. Children also have expressed interests in continuing their participation in subsequent years. All other data for this intervention are currently undergoing analyses.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Teenagers as cross-age teachers | Experimental | Behavioral: Teenagers as cross-age SHCP teachers for younger youthAfter the initial training, the teenage teachers facilitated the curricula associated with the SHCP, Discovering Healthy Choices and Cooking Up Healthy Choices, approximately twice a month. The curricula can be viewed at http://cns.ucdavis.edu/programs/shcp/curriculum.html. Each activity provided step-by-step instructions that the teenage teachers were asked to follow. Younger youth served as participants for the classroom and garden-based activities. |
| Comparison group | No intervention | –Youth of similar ages to the intervention group completed the same assessments, but did not receive the intervention. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 8 to 18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- The research team will recruit and consent youth study participants and their parents from members of the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program. Youth study participants must be ages 14-18 for teenage teachers and 8-13 for younger youth participants. Study participants must be able to attend two-hour bimonthly meetings at the 4-H office and/or (depending on the activity) Food Bank garden in Grass Valley, California. Teenage teachers will also be required to complete ten hours of initial training before the start of SHCP implementation. All participants will be required to join the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program if they are not already a member. Teenage teachers' registration fees will be paid for by the research team. Comparison youth will be recruited from registered members of the Placer County 4-H Youth Development Program. Placer County 4-H club members will also be ages 14-18 for teenage comparisons and 8-13 for younger youth comparisons.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Foster children and wards of the state will not be enrolled in this study. Children younger than 8 or older than 18 are not eligible to participate.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Teenagers as cross-age SHCP teachers for younger youthImplementation of the SHCP using teenagers as cross-age teachers for younger youth | Behavioural | Teenagers as cross-age teachers |
Primary outcome
Change in nutrition knowledge
Time frame: Change in baseline nutrition knowledge at post-intervention approximately 6 months later
Nutrition knowledge was assessed using two validated measurement tools: one for younger youth and one for adolescents. Both questionnaires have a similar format and include multiple choice options.
3 secondary outcomes
Change in self-efficacy for teaching nutrition
Time frame: Change in baseline self-efficacy for teaching nutrition at post-intervention approximately 6 months later
Change in Civic Responsibility
Time frame: Change in baseline Civic Responsibility at post-intervention approximately 6 months later
Change in vegetables preferences
Time frame: Change in baseline vegetable preferences for teaching nutrition at post-intervention approximately 6 months later
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 17 Nov 2017.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Teenagers as cross-age SHCP teachers for younger youth in people with Nutrition Knowledge and Vegetable Preferences, run by University of California, Davis.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Nov 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in nutrition knowledge (time frame: Change in baseline nutrition knowledge at post-intervention approximately 6 months later). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 17 Nov 2017.