Tests whether greener kindergarten yards affect children's health and development
Tests redesigned, more natural kindergarten yards in children aged 1 to 5.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Nationwide Research on the Rewilding of Kindergarten Yards
Key facts
- Where
- Helsinki and Tampere, FinlandSee the 2 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 1 and 5 years old?
Source: NCT06390878, who can take part
Where in Finland
- Natural Resources Institute FinlandHelsinki, FinlandTaking people
- Tampere UniversityTampere, FinlandTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Natural Resources Institute Finland
- Trial code
- NCT06390878
- Record updated
- 24 June 2024
- Original description
Biodiversity is essential for nature and human well-being. Land use has reduced biodiversity in cities that is associated with altered commensal microbiota and a rising burden of immunological disorders among urban children.Read full original descriptionShow less
Nationwide Research on the Rewilding of Kindergarten Yards - Vahvistu
Biodiversity is essential for nature and human well-being. Land use has reduced biodiversity in cities that is associated with altered commensal microbiota and a rising burden of immunological disorders among urban children.
The investigators will estimate how rewilding of kindergarten yards affects commensal microbiome, prevalence of allergies, asthma, atopic dermatitis and infections, cortisol levels, cognitive skills and plasma cytokine levels of children.
Our specific aims are:
To assess if rewilding diversifies health-associated skin, saliva and gut microbiota and reduces infectious diseases and atopic or allergic symptoms.
Assess whether the rewilding has positive effects on cognitive skills. Assess whether the rewilding changes cortisol and plasma cytokine levels. The investigators will recruit altogether 320 (160 per treatment) study subjects aged between 1-5 to questionnaire study (Task 2), from which 120 study subjects will be analyzed more detailed using microbiological and blood samples (Task 1).
Inclusion: Attendance in kindergarten.
Exclusion: Use of antibiotics in the year before sampling.