NCT01820377

The Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

Northern Lights Physical Activity Program for Management of Type 2 Diabetes Early in Life: Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 246 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Manitoba · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 11 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Building on the successes of a communal, relationship based approach to Aboriginal youth mentoring in an after school physical activity program (AYMP), the investigators are evaluating a peer-led approach for diabetes prevention.

Detailed description

Building on the successes of a communal, relationship based approach to Aboriginal youth mentoring in an after school physical activity program (AYMP), the investigators are evaluating a peer-led approach for diabetes prevention. High school students volunteer as mentors, and develop an after-school program that they then deliver to children in grade 4. The mentors meet twice a week. The first day, they develop an activity plan and decide roles and responsibilities to ensure successful delivery of each activity. The second day, they deliver the program to the grade 4s, which incorporates a healthy snack, 45-minutes of physical activity, and educational games/activities. Our primary goal is to determine the health benefits of AYMP; guided by our youth mentors and community advisors, the investigators will also develop a number of research questions that will help us to better understand the social, emotional, physical and spiritual outcomes of the peer-led mentor program. To answer these questions, the investigators will train community members in both qualitative and quantitative methods. The quantitative outcomes of this study include physical activity, waist circumference, obesity rates, and self-esteem. Qualitative methods may include photovoice and focus group interviews. All of these will be used to assess the social determinants of health and contextual features of the program.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program	High school students volunteer as mentors, and develop an after-school program that they then deliver to children in grade 4. The mentors meet twice a week. The first day, they develop an activity plan and decide roles and responsibilities to ensure successful delivery of each activity. The second day, they deliver the program to the grade 4s, which incorporates a healthy snack, 45-minutes of physical activity, and educational games/activities. Grade 4s are our intervention group

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2013-03-28
• Last updated: 2016-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada