Clinical trials: Built Environment
Skin Cancer
Use of Shade in U.S. and Australian City Parks
Use of shade when outdoors is recommended by health authorities worldwide to reduce overall exposure to ultraviolet radiation. However, expensive physical environment changes are often required to provide shade and may be…
- Trial name
- Shade (NCT02971709)
- Testing
- Shade Sail
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
Physical Activity, Blood Pressure
Multilevel Intervention for Physical Activity in Retirement Communities
The purpose of this study was to assess whether a 6-month multilevel physical activity intervention can significantly increase physical activity levels in sedentary adults, 65 and older, living in Continuing Care Retirement…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Blood Pressure, Physical Functioning, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- MIPARC (NCT01155011)
- Testing
- Physical Activity, Group educational sessions, Phone counseling call
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 307 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Mental Health, Child Wellbeing
Generation Victoria Cohort 2020s: A Statewide Longitudinal Cohort Study of Victorian Children and Their Parents
Generation Victoria (GenV) is a longitudinal, population-based study of Victorian children and their parents that will bring together data on a wide range of conditions ,exposures and outcomes.
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Child Wellbeing, Infant Health, Child Health
- Trial name
- GenV (NCT05394363)
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 150,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Physical Activity
Linking Churches With Parks to Increase Physical Activity Among Latinos
This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial of a multi-level intervention that links Latino Catholic churches (n=14) with their local parks to increase physical activity among Latino parishioners (n=1204) in Los Angeles.
- Trial name
- NCT03858868
- Testing
- Church and park-based intervention, Standard health education on physical activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 925 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
An Urban Trail Network and Cardiovascular Disease: A Natural Experiment
Associations between the built environment and health behaviours are robust, however (1) it remains unclear if the behaviours they elicit lead to meaningful improvements in health outcomes, at the population level and (2) little…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- NCT04057417
- Testing
- Urban Trail
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Physical Activity, Behavior
WalkIT Arizona: Walking Interventions Through Texting
The purpose of this study is to develop adaptive (AI) and micro-incentive (MI) interventions and test them against static (SI) and delayed-incentive (DI) interventions in a 4-arm randomized factorial trial to increase MVPA…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Behavior, Goals
- Trial name
- NCT02717663
- Testing
- Adaptive Goals, Static Goals, Delayed (non-contingent) Incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 512 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Heart Diseases
The Change Club Study: Evaluation of Civic Engagement for Built Environment Change and Health Improvement
This is a community randomized controlled trial to evaluate a civic engagement curriculum through which residents will identify barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and physical activity and then implement a project in…
- Trial name
- NCT05002660
- Testing
- Group 1 (Intervention), Group 2 (Control)
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas A&M University
Physical Activity
An Intervention Study to Assess the Role of the Built Environment on Physical Activity and Active Transportation to School in Children and Youth
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if changes to the built environment influence physical activity and active transport to school in children and youth.
- Trial name
- ASAP-Jr (NCT01711138)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 573 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Uptake of Systematic Review Evidence
Place Activation in Urban Peripheries: the 'Comunidades y Espacios Activos" Project (CEA)
This study will use a Hybrid III Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to test an 'active dissemination and implementation' intervention in peripheral urban neighborhoods, designed to accelerate the uptake of evidence-based…
- Trial name
- CEA (NCT06999382)
- Testing
- Active Dissemination and Implementation, Passive Dissemination
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 510 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Deborah Salvo
Obesity, Overweight
Increasing Youth Physical Activity: Neighborhood Environment Influences
Increased access to highly reinforcing sedentary behaviors in the home such as TV and computers are associated with overweight in youth.
- Trial name
- NCT00853814
- Testing
- Access to sedentary behaviors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Sedentary Lifestyle
Senior Change Makers Study: Improving Physical Activity Environments
Senior Change Makers is an intergenerational intervention that compares two, 8-week programs: (1) an advocacy program wherein senior participants perform audits of their physical activity environments, identify an advocacy…
- Trial name
- NCT02944838
- Testing
- Senior Change Makers Advocacy Program, Senior Change Makers Physical Activity Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Cardiovascular Diseases
Evaluating the Effect of Neighborhood Environments on Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the main causes of death in the United States. Research has shown that individuals who maintain an active lifestyle are less likely to develop CVD.
- Trial name
- NCT00361673
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Obesity
Healthy Kids & Families: Overcoming Social, Environmental and Family Barriers to Childhood Obesity Prevention
The study will test the impact of a community health worker (CHW)-delivered intervention aimed at helping families overcome barriers to childhood obesity prevention. Barriers include social, environmental, and family issues.
- Trial name
- NCT03028233
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyle, Positive Parenting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Cancer Risk
Cancer PRevention Through Enhanced EnvironMenT
The goal of Cancer PRevention through Enhanced EnvironMenT (Cancer PREEMpT) is to test whether a comprehensive intervention that improves the neighborhood built and social environment can reduce community-level cancer risk in…
- Trial name
- PREEMpT (NCT06864260)
- Testing
- Built Environment, Social Environment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Healthy Aging
Designing Communities to Support Healthy Living in Aging Residents
The Housing for Health team is making evidence-based recommendations to the developer and design team of an upcoming congregate-living development to support the healthy living of older adults who will be moving into the new…
- Trial name
- NCT05031273
- Testing
- Residents moving into a congregate-living development with more features that support healthy living
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Covid19
Workforce Serosurveillance to Track Long-term Modifications to COVID-19 Exposure Due to Factors in the Built Environment
The goal, with this study, is to leverage Northwell Health System's diverse workforce and robust testing structures, to contribute data-driven, evidence-based strategies to better understand the sustained prevalence of antibodies…
- Trial name
- NCT04542200
- Testing
- Antibody testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40,132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Built Environment
Neighborhood Connect
The study is evaluating the effectiveness of an implementation strategy called Neighborhood Connect, which is designed to support residents' engagement in activities that improve the attractiveness, safety and livability of…
- Trial name
- NCT07780825
- Testing
- Neighborhood Connect
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester