Addressing Food Insecurity: Plant-Based Food Prescription Program
- Conditions
- Health LiteracyNutrition, HealthyNutrition PoorFood InsecurityFood Insecurity Among ChildrenLow Income Population
- Registration Number
- NCT06614920
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Miami
- Brief Summary
Reduce food insecurity by improving plant-based health food consumption, access, health and nutrition literacy and the health of the food-insecure families we serve.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
- Participants will be all ages 0-99 (all arms)
- Families living under the federal poverty line AND who have food insecurity (all arms except Arm 2 which can include families with income above the federal poverty line who do not have food insecurity).
- Families cared for in either the Pediatric Mobile Clinic, Pediatric, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Med-Peds primary care clinics in the UHealth/Jackson Health System/Dade County Street Response.
- Families who are not under the federal poverty line AND are not food insecure (all arms except Arm 2, which will include participants of all socioeconomic statuses and regardless of food security status, with no exclusion criteria in this category).
- Families who are not actively receiving outpatient primary care (all arms).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of Servings of Unprocessed and Minimally Processed Legumes Up to 1 year The participants will record in a weekly log the number of servings per day of unprocessed/minimally processed legumes.
Number Servings of Unprocessed and Minimally Processed Nuts/Seeds Up to 1 year The participants will record in a weekly log the number of servings per day of unprocessed/minimally processed nuts/seeds.
Number of Servings of Unprocessed and Minimally Processed Fruits and Vegetables Up to 1 year The participants will record in a weekly log the number of servings per day of unprocessed/minimally processed fruits and vegetables.
Number of Servings of Unprocessed and Minimally Processed Whole Grains Up to 1 year The participants will record in a weekly log the number of servings per day of unprocessed/minimally processed whole grains.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Presence of Food Insecurity Up to 1 year Affirmative response to either of the two, validated screening questions for food insecurity. Investigators measured food insecurity using the validated two-question "Hunger Vital Sign" screening tool, with yes/no responses. These two questions are: "we worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more" and "the food we bought just didn't last and we didn't have money to get more."
Change in Plant-Based Nutrition Knowledge of Participants Up to 1 year The nutrition knowledge of participants will be measured by a change in nutrition literacy pre-post test (less than 30 multiple choice questions) scores. (The pre-test will be given prior to the plant-based nutrition education course and the post-test after completion of the course).
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Freedom Lab 4300 NW 12th Ave
🇺🇸Miami, Florida, United States
Freedom Lab 4300 NW 12th Ave🇺🇸Miami, Florida, United StatesBrayland M Brown, MBAContact954-600-3326brayland@thesmiletrust.orgAzaria V Lewis, DO, MSPrincipal Investigator