ArticleContemporary clinical trials2021
Testing the effectiveness of community-engaged citizen science to promote physical activity, foster healthier neighborhood environments, and advance health equity in vulnerable communities: The Steps for Change randomized controlled trial design and methods.
Article in Contemporary clinical trials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03041415 (Citizen Science to Promote Sustained Physical Activity in Low-Income Communities), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Citizen Science to Promote Sustained Physical Activity in Low-Income Communities
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Community-based interventions to support aging in place and functional independence in older adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring the Relationship between Built Environment Attributes and Physical Activity in Lower-Income Aging Adults: Preliminary Insights from a Multi-Level Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Trial
- Engaging diverse midlife and older adults in a multilevel participatory physical activity intervention: evaluating impacts using Ripple Effects Mapping.Translational behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- Community Walks: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a multilevel physical activity intervention for low income public housing residents.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- Sleep Duration is Associated with Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Lower Income Adults from the San Francisco Bay Area: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Examining Relationships between Perceptions of Air Quality-Objectively Assessed Particulate Matter-And Health-Related Attributions among Midlife and Older Adults from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Sustainable Lifestyle Among Office Workers (the SOFIA Study): Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Underrepresented Populations and Adults With Arthritis in Behavioral Interventions: A Scoping Review.Arthritis care & research · 2023Article
- Bringing Micro to the Macro: How Citizen Science Data Enrich Geospatial Visualizations to Advance Health Equity.Journal of maps · 2023Article
- Our Voice NOLA: Leveraging a Community Engaged Citizen Science Method to Contextualize the New Orleans Food Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The "Our Voice" Method: Participatory Action Citizen Science Research to Advance Behavioral Health and Health Equity Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Role of Urban Environments in Promoting Active and Healthy Aging: A Systematic Scoping Review of Citizen Science Approaches.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
- The Role of Citizen Science in Promoting Health Equity.Annual review of public health · 2022Review
- Citizen Science Approach to Home Radon Testing, Environmental Health Literacy and Efficacy.Citizen science : theory and practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
While low-income midlife and older adults are disproportionately affected by non-communicable diseases that can be alleviated by regular physical activity, few physical activity programs have been developed specifically with their needs in mind. Those programs that are available typically do not address the recognized local environmental factors that can impact physical activity. The specific aim of the Steps for Change cluster-randomized controlled trial is to compare systematically the initial (one-year) and sustained (two-year) multi-level impacts of an evidence-based person-level physical activity intervention (Active Living Every Day [ALED] and age-relevant health education information), versus the ALED program in combination with a novel neighborhood-level citizen science intervention called Our Voice. The study sample (N = 300) consists of insufficiently active adults ages 40 years and over living in or around affordable senior public housing settings. Major study assessments occur at baseline, 12, and 24 months. The primary outcome is 12-month change in walking, and secondary outcomes include other forms of physical activity, assessed via validated self-report measures supported by accelerometry, and physical function and well-being variables. Additional intervention impacts are assessed at 24 months. Potential mediators and moderators of intervention success will be explored to better determine which subgroups do best with which type of intervention. Here we present the study design and methods, including recruitment strategies and yields.
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