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Neighborhood Connect

18 augusti 2026 uppdaterad av: Stephenie Lemon, University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Prevention Research Center at UMass Chan

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 Worcester, MA neighborhoods. The program focuses on the built environment (i.e., the human-made, physical surroundings of Worcester neighborhoods including indoor public places and outdoor spaces like parks, streets and sidewalks) and aims to build capacity of community members to strengthen their neighborhoods. Participants will include residents and others who care about local built environment conditions. Neighborhood Connect is delivered by a built environment specialist from the local health department in collaboration with a statewide coalition.

Studieöversikt

Status

Rekrytering

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljerad beskrivning

The study is the core research project of the Prevention Research Center at UMass Chan. Under the guidance of a Community Advisory Board, the program aims to build capacity of the local health department and local residents to influence built environment change in neighborhoods. The program includes a training and technical assistance approach. The local health department built environment specialist learns about the built environment and how to determine how related decisions are made. The built environment specialist delivers the Zoom-based group program for residents. This six session training and technical assistance model includes 3 components: Connect with Community, Connect with Environment and Connect with Process. Through Neighborhood Connect's structured learning and applied activities, participants: Strengthen interpersonal connections and social networks within neighborhoods, Explore their neighborhoods and identify their priorities for change or improvement, Learn how decision-making processes affect their communities and Collaborate on ideas for small-scale neighborhood improvements. The implementation strategy is being evaluated in a mixed methods study. Through a stepped wedge design with 8 waves (neighborhood/area) rolled out in 4 steps (2 neighborhoods/areas per wave), the resident-focused component of Neighborhood Connect is being evaluated. Both the resident and health department components are being evaluated using qualitative methods.

Studietyp

Interventionell

Inskrivning (Beräknad)

240

Fas

  • Inte tillämpbar

Kontakter och platser

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Studiekontakt

Studieorter

  • Förenta staterna
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester, Massachusetts, Förenta staterna, 01655
        • Rekrytering
        • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
        • Kontakt:

Deltagandekriterier

Forskare letar efter personer som passar en viss beskrivning, så kallade behörighetskriterier. Några exempel på dessa kriterier är en persons allmänna hälsotillstånd eller tidigare behandlingar.

Urvalskriterier

Åldrar som är berättigade till studier

  • Vuxen
  • Äldre vuxen

Tar emot friska volontärer

Ja

Beskrivning

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Live, work or have other connection to specific areas of Worcester, MA;
  • Speak English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Don't speak English or Spanish;
  • Have a cognitive deficit that precludes participation

Studieplan

Det här avsnittet ger detaljer om studieplanen, inklusive hur studien är utformad och vad studien mäter.

Hur är studien utformad?

Designdetaljer

  • Primärt syfte: Övrig
  • Tilldelning: Randomiserad
  • Interventionsmodell: Sekventiell tilldelning
  • Maskning: Ingen (Open Label)

Vapen och interventioner

Deltagargrupp / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Experimentell: Neighborhood Connect implementation strategy
All participants receive the Neighborhood Connect implementation strategy. It is deployed to all participants in a given wave (neighborhood/area) at once. Order of implementaiton of the intervention is determined by neighborhood/area-level randomization.
Övrig: Neighborhood Connect
Neighborhood Connect is an implementation strategy designed to prepare participants to make built environment changes that promote healthy communities, including social connectedness, physical activity, traffic safety, etc. The program is generic and allows participants to identify their own priorities for built environment change. The curriculum includes six Zoom-based educational sessions delivered by a built environment specialist with a member of a walking coalition, participation in a neighborhood audit, creation of a plan for change and ability to receive technical assistance after the formal program is completed. The built environment specialist receives training and technical assistance for leading the resident-focused implementation strategy.
Övrig: Pre-implementation
Within this stepped wedge design, each individual serves as their own comparator. Data from the pre-implementation phase will be collected for this purpose.
Övrig: Neighborhood Connect
Neighborhood Connect is an implementation strategy designed to prepare participants to make built environment changes that promote healthy communities, including social connectedness, physical activity, traffic safety, etc. The program is generic and allows participants to identify their own priorities for built environment change. The curriculum includes six Zoom-based educational sessions delivered by a built environment specialist with a member of a walking coalition, participation in a neighborhood audit, creation of a plan for change and ability to receive technical assistance after the formal program is completed. The built environment specialist receives training and technical assistance for leading the resident-focused implementation strategy.

Vad mäter studien?

Primära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Built environment actions
Tidsram: Baseline, 3 months, 12 months
12 item investigator developed measure based on the Expert Consensus for Local Implementation of Physical Activity Policy, Systems and Environment (ECLIPPSE) strategies, specifically focusing on action domains.
Baseline, 3 months, 12 months

Sekundära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Collective Efficacy
Tidsram: Baseline, 3 months, 12 months
5 item investigator developed survey to assess perceived collective efficacy for making built environment changes
Baseline, 3 months, 12 months
Collective Behavioral Capability
Tidsram: Baseline, 3 months, 12 months
3-item investigator developed survey assessing perceived collective behavioral capability for built environment change
Baseline, 3 months, 12 months
Perceived Impact of Built Environment Change
Tidsram: Baseline, 3 months, 12 months
12 item investigator developed survey of the perceived impact of built environment changes
Baseline, 3 months, 12 months

Andra resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Implementation of Built Environment Changes
Tidsram: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months
Exploratory 9 items survey developed by the investigator team to assess completion of built environment changes. Considered an exploratory outcome because the funded study time frame precludes ability to comprehensively monitor changes over time, as built environment changes can require many years to complete.
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months

Samarbetspartners och utredare

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Sponsor

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Utredare

  • Huvudutredare: Stephenie C Lemon, PhD, MS, University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Publikationer och användbara länkar

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Användbara länkar

Studieavstämningsdatum

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Studera stora datum

Studiestart (Faktisk)

1 februari 2026

Primärt slutförande (Beräknad)

1 september 2028

Avslutad studie (Beräknad)

1 september 2029

Studieregistreringsdatum

Först inskickad

14 augusti 2026

Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

18 augusti 2026

Första postat (Faktisk)

24 augusti 2026

Uppdateringar av studier

Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)

24 augusti 2026

Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

18 augusti 2026

Senast verifierad

1 april 2026

Mer information

Termer relaterade till denna studie

Nyckelord

Andra studie-ID-nummer

  • STUDY00002008
  • U48DP006808 (U.S.S. NIH-anslag/kontrakt)

Plan för individuella deltagardata (IPD)

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JA

IPD-planbeskrivning

Per our Data Management Plan with the funder (CDC), data may be shared with investigators wishing to perform secondary analyses. Only de-identified data conducted in compliance with IRB regulations and the Data Management Plan will be shared upon request and with a data use agreement.

Tidsram för IPD-delning

Data will be made available beginning 12 months after completion of the study and available for 5 years.

Kriterier för IPD Sharing Access

Deidentified individual participant data will be made available to qualified researchers whose proposed use has been approved by the study investigators. Requests must include a methodologically sound research proposal. Investigators will be required to sign a Data Use Agreement. Requests must be made to the PI.

IPD-delning som stöder informationstyp

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAV
  • ICF
  • ANALYTIC_CODE

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