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A Skills-based RCT for Physical Activity Using Peer Mentors
Sponsor: Ohio State University
Summary
This approach will train peer mentors to deliver a culturally appropriate intervention and provide social support that is critical for facilitating and sustaining health behavior change. The objective is to compare the efficacy of an innovative healthy lifestyle skills mentoring program (Mentored Planning to be Active \[MBA\]) to a teacher led program (PBA) for increasing physical activity in Appalachian high school teens. MBA emphasizes the social determinants of health by using a social networking approach that trains peer mentors to support targeted teens
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
14 Years - 64 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
571
Start Date
2015-09
Completion Date
2018-11-01
Last Updated
2026-05-12
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Mentoring to be Active with Accelerometers
Trained high school mentors will deliver a 10 session curriculum targeting physical activity to younger teens.
Planning to be Active with Accelerometers
Health education teachers will deliver the 10 session curriculum targeting physical activity to high school students enrolled in health courses.
Locations (20)
River Valley High School
Bidwell, Ohio, United States
Chillicothe High School
Chillicothe, Ohio, United States
Huntington Local High School
Chillicothe, Ohio, United States
Unioto High School
Chillicothe, Ohio, United States
Zane Trace High School
Chillicothe, Ohio, United States
Dawson-Bryant High School
Coal Grove, Ohio, United States
Green High School
Franklin Furnace, Ohio, United States
Ironton High School
Ironton, Ohio, United States
Jackson High School
Jackson, Ohio, United States
Western High School
Latham, Ohio, United States
New Boston High School
New Boston, Ohio, United States
Oak Hill High School
Oak Hill, Ohio, United States
Piketon High School
Piketon, Ohio, United States
Clay Local High School
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States
West Portsmouth High School
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States
Southern Local High School
Racine, Ohio, United States
South Point High School
South Point, Ohio, United States
Federal Hocking High School
Stewart, Ohio, United States
Berne Union High School
Sugar Grove, Ohio, United States
Waverly High School
Waverly, Ohio, United States