Community Park-Based Programs for Health Promotion: The Fit2Lead Prospective Cohort Study

Conditions studied

Anxiety, Wellness, Psychological, Overweight or Obesity, Hypertension, Prehypertension, Low Physical Fitness

About this study

The Fit2Lead prospective cohort study examines the effects of a park-based youth mental health and resilience afterschool program on youth participant mental health, resilience, physical fitness, and violence prevention outcomes. Duke will perform a secondary analysis of the data collected as part of the Fit2Lead prospective cohort study run by Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation.

Interventions

• Behavioral: Fit2Lead Group 1-2 — Each park serves anywhere from 2 to 9 feeder schools within these neighborhoods (a target population of 34 000 youth residents aged 12-17 years), and transportation from schools to parks is provided at no cost within a 3-mile radius of a program park. Fit2Lead participants can also enroll in the MDPROS youth summer camp at no charge. Work assignments support MDPROS operations and recreation staff. Interns in Phase II rotate every 8 weeks for exposure to different job opportunities, supervisors, and mentors. Duke is conducting a secondary data analysis on data collected as part of the Fit2Lead study.

Primary outcomes

• Change in Weight (Baseline, 12-72 months)
• Change in Blood Pressure (Baseline, 12-72 months)
• Change in number of push-ups (Baseline, 12-72 months)
• Change in number of sit-ups (Baseline, 12-72 months)
• Change in Career and Education Planning survey (Baseline, 12-72 months)
• Change in College and Career Readiness survey (Baseline, 12-72 months)
• Change in Kidscreen-27 (Baseline, 12-72 months)
• Change in Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) (Baseline, 12-72 months)

Eligibility information

Study locations

• Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department, Miami, Florida 33128 United States