Peer Education, Exercising and Eating Right - Obesity Prevention in Freshmen Women (ProjectPEER)

January 6, 2010 updated by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Project PEER: Peer Education, Exercising and Eating Right

Project PEER utilizes a randomized controlled study design to investigate the combined effects of an exercise and nutrition intervention that is based on self-efficacy principles and delivered primarily by peer educators to reduce the risk for obesity in female college freshman over one academic year (N = 300). The control group will receive minimal interaction from the research team, paralleling the typical freshman experience on the UIUC campus. Recruitment will take place in two waves (consecutive fall terms with n = 150).

During the final year (Fall 2010) of the project, a General Education course will be offered that targets weight management. Importantly, the discussion groups for this course will be taught by peer educators trained using the peer resources further refined during the PEER project. In addition to conventional measures of content knowledge assessed in the college classroom when obtaining class credit, personal physical activity and nutrition behaviors along with behavioral determinants (self-efficacy, self-regulatory skills and outcome expectations) will also be assessed.

Primary Aim 1: To determine the effectiveness of a peer-delivered self efficacy-based behavioral intervention to enhance nutrition and physical activity behaviors and subsequently weight management success in female university freshman over one academic year. We hypothesize that freshmen randomized to the intervention group will be more successful in losing or maintaining weight than the control group through a combination of diet and physical activity strategies.

Primary Aim 2: To examine the role played by social cognitive factors in changing nutrition and physical activity behaviors across one academic year. We hypothesize that self-efficacy will have both a direct influence on behavior and an indirect effect through its influence on self-regulatory skills and outcome expectations.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

300

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
    • Illinois
      • Urbana, Illinois, United States, 61801
        • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

17 years to 19 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female
  • In first year on campus, enrolled full-time, and in residence on the UIUC campus
  • Aged 17-19 yrs (minors will be required to obtain parental signature on the IRB form)
  • Free from any chronic disease/condition that would alter ability to exercise or preclude diet manipulation such as diabetes, hypertension or pregnancy.
  • Free from an eating disorder as assessed using the Eating Disorder Inventory
  • Free from any medications that would alter adiposity or psychological outcomes
  • Sedentary or participation in non-professional recreational activity
  • Non-smoking
  • Body mass index (BMI) between the 50th and 95th BMI-for-age percentile

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Male
  • Status other than freshman or enrolled for entire year
  • Not living on campus
  • Smoking
  • Pregnant
  • Competitive athlete
  • Chronic condition that would alter ability to exercise or preclude diet manipulation such as diabetes, hypertension
  • Eating disorder as assessed using the Eating Disorder Inventory
  • Taking medications that would alter adiposity or psychological outcomes
  • Participation in competitive athletics
  • BMI outside parameters

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: Peer group education
Small groups of female college freshmen facilitated by peer educators
Behavioral: PEER group intervention
An exercise and nutrition intervention that is based on self-efficacy principles and delivered primarily by peer educators to reduce the risk for obesity in female college freshman over one academic year

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Anthropometric measures (eg; weight, hip/ waist dimensions)
Time Frame: Baseline, 3 mo, 8 mo, 1 y and 2 y follow up
Baseline, 3 mo, 8 mo, 1 y and 2 y follow up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Self-efficacy measures for physical activity, nutrition
Time Frame: Baseline, 3 mo, 8 mo, 1 y and 2 y follow up
Baseline, 3 mo, 8 mo, 1 y and 2 y follow up

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ellen M Evans, PhD, Uiversity of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

May 1, 2010

Study Completion (Anticipated)

May 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 10, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 6, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

January 7, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 7, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 6, 2010

Last Verified

January 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2007-04574

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