Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Effects of a Peer-led Walking In ScHools Intervention on Physical Activity Levels of Adolescent Girls: a School-based Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: Children and young people are recommended to undertake at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity each day. However recent findings have indicated that only 51% of children aged 7 years were meeting these guidelines. Previous research has also highlighted girls are significantly less active than. Furthermore, children living in Northern Ireland are least likely to meet the guidelines, with only 43.4% of children here reaching the recommended ≥ 60 minutes a day. The development of interventions which can successfully increase levels of physical activity in adolescent girls in Northern Ireland is of key importance. The aim of this intervention is to investigate whether or not girls (aged 11-13 years) can increase their daily levels of physical activity over a 12 week period by taking part in a school-based brisk walking intervention. The impact of participating in a school-based brisk walking intervention on a range of other outcome measures will also be investigated. A total sample of 200 adolescent females will be recruited onto the study, with recruitment of participants taking place at the school level. Following written consent from parents/guardians and assent from participants, participants will be randomised at the school level to either participate in the walking intervention or to act as controls. Objective physical activity will be assessed at 3 time points using an Actigraph accelerometer. At baseline, post-intervention (12 weeks) and follow up (4 months post-intervention) participants will also undergo measurements of height, weight, waist and hip circumference, bloody pressure, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Participants will also complete questionnaires assessing levels of physical activity and a number of psychosocial variables at each time point. Following completion of follow up measurements, a sub-sample of participants (n=45) will be invited to take part in focus groups to evaluate their experiences of the intervention.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Student enrolled in Health, Biology, or Public Health course

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cognitive ability unable to read or respond to questions in program
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Child must be 4 years and older, a patient in our clinic, physically able, available for follow up, able to answer questionnaire
* Caregiver must be 18 or older, legal guardian, physically able, able for follow up, able to answer questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

* Enrolled in a weight loss program, unable to be physically active, unable to give informed consent, unable to follow up for study duration.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* 11-13 years old
* Female
* Attend a school selected to take part in the study
* Healthy and free from any medical condition that limits their participation in a brisk walking intervention, for example, a musculoskeletal injury

Exclusion Criteria:

* Male pupils
* Those who are unable to walk or for whom walking is contraindicated will not be eligible for inclusion
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* 8-14 years old
* receiving orthodontic care at a participating orthodontic office
* at least 1 year left in braces

Exclusion Criteria:

* participating in 9 or more months of structured
* organized sports for 3 or more days a week, youth who have serious conditions that preclude physical activity or make the child incapable of managing his/her own care will not qualify for this study
* individuals who report anorexia, bulimia or severe, diagnosed depression will not be eligible

Answer: C