Healthy Families Clinic and Teaching Kitchen Program
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Enrollment
- 132
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in BMI at 6 months
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The specific aims and objectives of this proposal are to:
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Evaluate a food pantry's weekly food distribution impact on behavioral, social and health outcomes in families.
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In a subset of families with a child aged 6-17 years, test a pilot intervention offering the following components, with a goal of improving family behavioral, social and health outcomes:
- Weekly family food packages from the Revere Food Pantry
- 6-Monthly group sessions that include information on healthy behaviors, chronic disease management and teaching families how to prepare simple recipes based on the food they receive that week from the food pantry.
Investigators
Lauren G. Fiechtner, M.D.
Associate Professor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Referral to the food pantry
- •Additional inclusion criteria for Group Sessions:
- •Family has a child aged 6-17 years
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not able to speak English or Spanish
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in BMI at 6 months
Time Frame: 0-6 months
Weight in kg and height in meters will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2, as reported in the electronic health record
Change in Diet Quality at 3 months
Time Frame: 0-3 months
Diet quality assessed by an abbreviated food frequency questionnaire
Change in Food Insecurity Status at 3 months
Time Frame: 0-3 months
Food insecurity status assessed by the Hunger Vital Signs questionnaire
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Binge Eating Symptoms at 3 months(0-3 months)
- Change in Blood Pressure at 6 months(0-6 months)
- Change in Physical Activity at 3 months(0-3 months)
- Change in Screen Time at 3 months(0-3 months)
- Change in Sleep at 3 months(0-3 months)