Engaging School and Family in Navajo Gardening for Health

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dietary Habits; Eating Behavior; Health Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: Gardening

• Registration Number: NCT03775889
• Lead Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Brief Summary

This study builds on several years of working with Navajo communities to increase gardening and healthy eating. In collaboration with the Dream Diné Charter School in Shiprock, NM, the investigators propose to develop a school garden intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and reduce risk for obesity among Navajo families. The intervention will integrate: an enhanced school garden plot; a curriculum for elementary school children on gardening and healthy eating; and family engagement in the curriculum and at community gardening fairs.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10-21
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-13
• Study Completion: 2018-06-13
• Study First Submitted: 2018-12-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-14
• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Attending School Participating in Trial
• Parent able to Participate

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Behavioral	Gardening	Behavioral Gardening Exposure

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child healthy eating behaviors assessment	1 year	Assess servings of vegetables and fruits eaten per week from the picture sort frequency method using the 5 a Day questions

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Gardening Participation Survey	1 year	Survey children to see if they have a garden at home, and if so how often they do gardening activities there
Child Gardening Self-efficacy Survey	1 year	Survey children to identify how confident they are in their abilities to perform gardening behaviors, utilizing six-item likert scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States