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Addressing Food Insecurity: Plant-Based Food Prescription Program

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Health Literacy
Nutrition, Healthy
Nutrition Poor
Food Insecurity
Food Insecurity Among Children
Low 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
Inclusion Criteria
  • 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.
Exclusion Criteria
  • 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
NameTimeMethod
Number of Servings of Unprocessed and Minimally Processed LegumesUp 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/SeedsUp 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 VegetablesUp 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 GrainsUp 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
NameTimeMethod
Presence of Food InsecurityUp 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 ParticipantsUp 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

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Miami, Florida, United States

Freedom Lab 4300 NW 12th Ave
🇺🇸Miami, Florida, United States
Brayland M Brown, MBA
Contact
954-600-3326
brayland@thesmiletrust.org
Azaria V Lewis, DO, MS
Principal Investigator

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