Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program (SNAP)

March 7, 2017 updated by: Richard R. Rosenkranz, Kansas State University

A Site-Randomized Controlled Trial for Health Promotion in Girl Scouts: Healthier Troops in a SNAP

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to prevent obesity by improving the environmental characteristics of Girl Scouts troop meetings.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Girls and parents affiliated with Girl Scouts Juniors programs completed a questionnaire prior to the beginning of an intervention program, and again after the program. Children responded to previously validated questionnaire items assessing demographics, parent-child connectedness, parent-child physical activity, screen time usage, family meal-time environment, consumption of fruits and vegetables, soda, and fast food. Parents completed a similar questionnaire, assessing demographics, parent-child connectedness, parent-child physical activity, family mealtime environment, parenting style and parenting practices. Children were also assessed on height and weight to characterize their risk for overweight status. Questionnaires and environmental observations were used to assess the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve the family meal-time environment at home, as well as helping to assess the relationships between parental factors and family health-related behavior.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

76

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Kansas
      • Manhattan, Kansas, United States, 66506
        • Kansas State University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

8 years to 12 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Girls had to be attending members of Girl Scouts in one of our included troops.
  • The troop needed to be a registered Girl Scouts Juniors troop, consisting of girls primarily in the 4th and 5th grades.
  • To be officially registered, the troop leaders were required to complete Girl Scout leader training and pass a criminal background check.
  • To be included, the troops also needed to meet at least twice per month, have meeting facilities capable of allowing physical activity and food preparation.
  • Also, troops needed to have initial agreement of leaders and parents for the troop to participate in a research study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • An inability to speak or read English.
  • Troops not primarily composed of Girl Scouts Juniors, not regularly meeting during the study period, or not having leader and parental consensus approval for troop participation.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Scouting curricular implementation
Intervention group will receive a curriculum based on social cognitive theory, wherein children will be taught skills in a supportive environment to improve their self efficacy and proxy efficacy toward eating healthful meals and being physically active with a parent. Troop leaders and parents will provide support, and help girls to create healthy opportunities in the home environment. Simultaneously, girls will be taught skills to improve the family mealtime environment, to bolster asking skills toward healthy behavior, to self-monitor healthy behavior, and to set goals for healthy behavior.
Behavioral: Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program
Intervention group will receive a curriculum based on social cognitive theory, wherein children will be taught skills in a supportive environment to improve their self efficacy and proxy efficacy toward eating healthful meals and being physically active with a parent. Troop leaders and parents will provide support, and help girls to create healthy opportunities in the home environment. Simultaneously, girls will be taught skills to improve the family mealtime environment, to bolster asking skills toward healthy behavior, to self-monitor healthy behavior, and to set goals for healthy behavior.
Other Names:
  • SNAP
Active Comparator: Standard-care attentional control
Control troops complete usual troop meeting activities. Control troops receive equal observation time, equal pretest and posttest assessment, and equal study scrutiny.
Behavioral: Standard-care attentional control
Control troops complete usual troop meeting activities. Control troops receive equal observation time, equal pretest and posttest assessment, and equal study scrutiny.
Other Names:
  • Control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Body mass index percentile ranking
Time Frame: 5 months
5 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Obesity-related behaviors
Time Frame: 5 months
5 months
Troop environmental encouragement and opportunities for healthful eating and physical activity
Time Frame: continuous
continuous

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Kansas State University

Collaborators

The Sunflower Foundation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Richard R. Rosenkranz, PhD, Kansas State University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 21, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

July 30, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 9, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 7, 2017

Last Verified

March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SF SNAP y1

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