Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth (HGHY): A People's Garden School Pilot Program
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Dietary Habits
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
- Enrollment
- 3531
- Locations
- 4
- Primary Endpoint
- change in fruit + vegetable intake at school
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether school gardens influence children's dietary intake, nutritional knowledge, and other outcomes.
Detailed Description
Schools in New York, Washington State, Iowa, and Arkansas were randomly assigned to receive school gardens and associated curriculum or to serve on the wait list control group that received gardens and curriculum at the end of the 2-year study. Baseline data were collected in Fall 2011. Garden interventions began in Spring 2012. Follow-up data were collected at 6, 12, 18 months following baseline data collection.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Schools had at least 50% of enrolled children qualifying for free + reduced price meals (FRPM)
- •Schools did not already have a school garden.
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
change in fruit + vegetable intake at school
Time Frame: change from baseline to follow-up at 6, 12, 18 months
Children's lunch trays are photographed before and after lunch for 3 days at each wave of data collection. Digital Food Image Analysis software computes grams of fruit and grams of vegetables consumed for each pair of lunch tray photos.
Secondary Outcomes
- change in Nutritional Knowledge(change from baseline to follow-up at 6, 12, 18 months)
- Garden Intervention Fidelity(At 3 garden intervention time points -- 6, 12, 18 months after baseline)
- change fruit & vegetable consumption at home(change from baseline (Fall 2011) to follow-up at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months.)
- change in Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) self efficacy(change from baseline (Fall 2011) to follow-up at 6, 12, 18 months.)