Tanglewood Trail Walking Program in Rural Kentucky 2017
Purpose
The Tanglewood Trail Walking Program is a well-established community health initiative that encourages community members to walk approximately 1 mile to the Whitesburg Farmers Market each Saturday. The study aims to determine if walking to the market with a community health coach results in healthier options being selected at the market.
Condition
- Dietary Habits
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Between 18 Years and 65 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- ability to walk 1 kilometer
Exclusion Criteria
- pregnant - institutionalized adults - impaired consent ability - prisoners
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental Walking Group (Low Engagers) |
Subjects will participate in a walking group led by a community organizer as a means to get to a local farmer's market. Low engagers are defined as those participants who walked to the market two or fewer times during the program. |
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Experimental Walking Group (High Engagers) |
Subjects will participate in a walking group led by a community organizer as a means to get to a local farmer's market. High engagers are defined as those participants who walked to the market three or more times during the program. |
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Recruiting Locations
More Details
- NCT ID
- NCT03495648
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Dawn Brewer
Detailed Description
In the summer of 2017, community members of Whitesburg, KY were recruited to join the Tanglewood Trail Walking Program to the Whitesburg farmers market. Each Saturday, participants reported whether or not they walked the 1-mile trail to the farmers market and they reported which fruits and vegetables they purchased. The Walking Program was held June - Sept 2017. Participants completed questionnaires about fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity. Participants also provided physical and biological measurements. Although originally designed to compare data among walkers and non-walkers, the protocol was changed due to participant feasibility. Data were analyzed by comparing "low engagers" - those who walked to the market fewer than three times during the program - or "high engagers" - those who walked three or more times during the program. Data were collected at baseline and 3 months. The data for years 2019 and 2020 of the Tanglewood to Trail walking program are registered separately in ClinicalTrials.gov.