Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2025
Impact of free summer day camp on physical activity behaviors and screentime of elementary-age children from low-income households: a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04072549 (Reducing Health Disparities in Childhood Obesity Using Financial Incentives in Low-income Households), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Reducing Health Disparities in Childhood Obesity Using Financial Incentives in Low-income Households
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Joint association of physical activity and screen exposure with subsequent suspected developmental coordination disorder in preschool children: a nationwide population-based study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Article
- Examining differences in parent-reported screen time from school to summer in children: an observational cohort study.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- "I feel better as a parent" - summer programs help support children's health behaviors and parent wellbeing.Research square · 2026Article
- Integrating technology-assisted behavioral management into a summer obesity prevention intervention program: a pilot controlled trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Levelling-up summer: using summer holiday programs to support child health and wellbeing - a Delphi study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo examine the efficacy of providing free summer day camp (SDC) to children from low-income families on changes in physical activity, time spent sedentary, and screentime.
methodsAcross three summers (2021-2023), we randomized 422 children (8.2 ± 1.5yrs, 48% female, 51% Black, 69% at or below 200% Federal Poverty Level, 30% food insecure) from seven elementary schools to one of two conditions: summer as usual (control, n = 199) or free SDC for 8-10wks (intervention, n = 223). Accelerometry measured activity (moderate-to-vigorous PA [MVPA] and time spent sedentary) and parent daily report of screentime were measured using a 14-day in April/May (school) and July (summer). Intent-to-treat analysis examined changes in behaviors between school and summer. Exposure models examined differences in behaviors during summer on days when children attended vs. did not attend a SDC in both intervention and control children.
resultsIntent-to-treat models indicated in the summer children in the intervention group accumulated + 15.0 min/day (95CI 12.0 to 18.0) more MVPA and spent - 29.7 min/day (-37.7 to -21.8) less time sedentary and - 14.1 min/day (-23.9 to -4.3) on screens, compared to children in the control group. Exposure models indicated, on days children attended SDCs, they accumulated more MVPA (+ 26.1 min/day, 22.5 to 29.7), and spent less time sedentary (-63.5 min/day, -72.9 to -54.1) and on screens (-9.5 min/day, -20.1 to 1.2), compared to days when children did not attend SDC.
conclusionsPolicies targeting upstream structural factors, such as universal access to existing community SDCs during summer, could lead to improvements in health behaviors among children from low-income households. CLINICAL TRIALS: GOV: NCT04072549.
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