Clinical trial

Improving Participation in Universal School Meals (USM)

Active, not recruiting · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT06579079

Active, not recruitingNot applicableInterventional

What this study is about

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of an implementation strategy on participation in Universal School Meals (USM).

A promising-looking record is not the same as confirmed eligibility. The study team must review the full criteria and current recruitment status.

Basic eligibility

Age11 Years to 99 Years

SexAll

Healthy volunteersAccepted

ConditionFood Deprivation, Obesity, Childhood

Full registry criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * An elementary/middle or high school within the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) that provides free breakfast and lunch to students * School is willing to be randomized to either a treatment or waitlist comparison condition * School has a team of teachers, administration, and food service staff who are willing to complete interviews and surveys for data collection * School has valid data for student Body Mass Index, meal participation, and food insecurity (parent reported). * Students currently enrolled in a SDP elementary/middle/high school * Students willing to participate in an interview and complete surveys * Students have participated in school meals in the last year. Exclusion Criteria: * Charter schools and private schools * Students not enrolled in school full time; students under 11 years of age.

Treatments and study arms

Implementation Mapping

Other

Implementation mapping is a stakeholder-driven process whereby researchers and practitioners work together to develop an implementation strategy.

Waitlist Comparison - Implementation Mapping

Other

Implementation mapping is a stakeholder-driven process whereby researchers and practitioners work together to develop an implementation strategy. Participating schools receiving this treatment will wait one year before developing an implementation strategy for testing.

Primary outcomes

School Meal ParticipationThroughout study completion

Counts to calculate number of students who participate in breakfast and lunch each day will be generated and totaled for each school.

Qualitative Interviews1 year

Focus group interviews with students, parents, teachers, administration, and food service staff.

Implementation Mapping Self-Assessment1 year

Self-assessment to document fidelity to implementation mapping procedures.

Implementation Cost Measure1 Year

A survey developed through stakeholder interviews to calculate costs of implementation will be completed by schools.

Implementation Outcomes Surveys1 Year

Implementation outcomes of perceived acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability of the implementation strategy will be assessed through surveys completed by school stakeholders

Study locations

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Temple University🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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