Healthy Activities Improve Lives (HAIL)

Description

The investigators have developed an online platform to support the 8-week, F\&S! exercise program called the Healthy Activity Improves Lives (HAIL) online platform. The aim of this study is to perform a cluster randomization of four racially diverse churches or senior centers to either the standard F\&S! program, or the combined HAIL Online Platform + F\&S! program to examine the efficacy of the HAIL online platform + F\&S! program for older adults in black communities.

Conditions

Physical Activity

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Study overview

The investigators have developed an online platform to support the 8-week, F\&S! exercise program called the Healthy Activity Improves Lives (HAIL) online platform. The aim of this study is to perform a cluster randomization of four racially diverse churches or senior centers to either the standard F\&S! program, or the combined HAIL Online Platform + F\&S! program to examine the efficacy of the HAIL online platform + F\&S! program for older adults in black communities.

Healthy Activities Improve Lives Randomized Control Trial

Healthy Activities Improve Lives (HAIL)

Condition
Physical Activity
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Boston

Roslindale Baptist Church, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02131

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Individuals over the age of 60 years
  • * Participants are able to travel to one of the churches for the in-person F\&S! exercise sessions
  • * Participants cannot be currently participating in a regular PA program (i.e., at least 100 min per week of moderate to vigorous physical activities)
  • * Participants do not understand study procedures or are unable to participate in the verbal consent process
  • * Participants must have a physician responsible for their medical care
  • * Participants endorse an item on the Revised Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (rPAR-Q) as confirmed by their treating physician
  • * Participants who report any contraindication to exercising (e.g., recent ECG changes or myocardial infarction, unstable angina, uncontrolled arrhythmias, third degree heart block, congestive heart failure)
  • * Participants who receive a score of 28 or higher on the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) during pre-screening

Ages Eligible for Study

60 Years to 100 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Massachusetts General Hospital,

Study Record Dates

2027-02-01