Design of the Community Walks study
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The design of this study, called Community Walks, is a prospective, cluster randomized controlled trial with housing developments as the unit of randomization. A total of 12 developments (8 managed by Boston Housing Authority and 4 privately managed) will be recruited to participate. Four arms will be compared: environmental intervention alone (E) (To evaluate our outcomes, a subset of participants from each development will be recruited to serve in an evaluation cohort. The cohort will be assessed at baseline, at one-year, and at two-year follow-up time points. Primary and secondary outcomes will be assessed at these times. Baseline data collection is anticipated to finish at the end of 2023, and final results are expected in 2025. Community Walks has received approval from the Boston Medical Center/Boston University Medical Campus Institutional Review Board. When research staff learn of an adverse event, they report the event to the PI who then assesses details of the event and relatedness to study procedures and fulfills reporting requirements as necessary.