Change Club Project

The Change Club Project is a community-based civic engagement project taking place in select communities in New York and Texas

What is the Change Club?

The Change Club Project: Evaluation of a Civic Engagement Approach to Catalyze Built Environment Change and Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity among Rural Residents

About

The Change Club is a small group of residents who will meet regularly to change their community environment relative to food (such as in restaurants or schools) or physical activity opportunities (such as parks or walking trails) by following a civic engagement process facilitated by an extension educator.

Purpose

Change Club groups are a part of a university-led research project to better understand if and how these activities affect individual behaviors (for example, walking) and health outcomes (for example, blood pressure) of adults in rural communities.

Participation

This project will take place in rural communities in New York and Texas. Over the course of the project, you can earn $75 per time point by providing annual health and behavioral information. Change Clubs will also receive up to $5,000 towards a community project.

Roles

Participants are participating as a Change Club Member or as a Community Resident.

Let’s create healthy communities together!

Change Club Locations

Below is a map of the locations of our Change Clubs!

Change Club Locations in Texas

Change Club Locations in New York

Annual Change Club Project Activities

Complete an online survey

Track your steps

*For Change Club Members only

Complete a food diary

*For Change Club Members Only

Receive compensation

Create healthier communities

You can change your mind about participation at any time and ask to be withdrawn from the contact list. Please note that you still may receive up to 4 automated email messages.

Payment is issued in Amazon e-gift cards for each completed round of data collection with an additional payment for completing all rounds. Full data collection will involve completing all data collection activities at enrollment and again at three additional annual timepoints

For more information, please check out our FAQs page.