Curriculum Evaluation of a Novel Health and Wellness Program Within New York City Schools

Long Island University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Adolescent Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Yoga-informed Health and Wellness Program; Behavioral: Physical Education Class

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02329015

SONIMA001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the academic and psycho-social benefits of a yoga-informed health and wellness program (HWP) to a standard physical education program for middle and high school students within New York City (NYC) schools.

Full description

Approximately 100 students at a public New York City High School will be randomized at the level of class into either the experimental (yoga-informed health and wellness program) or control arm (physical education class). Students will receive two classes per week of approximately 45 minutes throughout the academic year. Data will be collected in September 2014 and February and May of 2015.

Enrollment: 112 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Male or female students attending NYC schools

Exclusion criteria

• Lack of permission to attend physical education class

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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112 participants in 2 patient groups

Health and Wellness program

Experimental group

Description:

Behavioral intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga-informed Health and Wellness Program

Physical Education Class

Active Comparator group

Description:

Behavioral intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical Education Class