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Clinical Trials/NCT04724382
NCT04724382
Completed
Not Applicable

Culturally-tailored Healthy Eating Education Intervention for Latinos in Massachusetts

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)1 site in 1 country76 target enrollmentApril 29, 2019

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Diet, Healthy
Sponsor
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Enrollment
76
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Changes in diet quality score
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

This intervention aims to evaluate the efficacy of a pilot educational intervention with deep-structure cultural tailoring for Latino ethnic groups on diet quality compared to general, surface-level healthy-eating messages.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
April 29, 2019
End Date
September 22, 2021
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Josiemer Mattei

Donald and Sue Pritzker Associate Professor of Nutrition

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Aged 25-65 y/o
  • Self-reported Hispanic/Latino heritage
  • Able to understand and answer questions in Spanish or English
  • Living in the Boston, MA metro area for the past 6 months and not planning to move in the next 6 months
  • Has a cellphone with the capacity of receiving text messages and gives consent for the Study to text this number as part of the intervention

Exclusion Criteria

  • Younger than 25y or older than 65y
  • Not Hispanic/Latino heritage
  • Has condition or impairment that affects mental, cognitive, or memory abilities; such as Alzheimer's disease or stroke
  • Has been diagnosed with cancer, diabetes (type 1 or 2), heart condition, major stomach condition (examples: coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke or stroke, allergies, or severe diet restrictions)
  • Does not understand Spanish or English
  • Under the care of an institution
  • Living in another state outside of Massachusetts or planning to move in less than 6 months
  • No cellphone with text capabilities (or cannot be used to receive texts from the Study)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Changes in diet quality score

Time Frame: 4 months

Determine the change in score of short diet quality screener (range 18-54; from lowest to highest quality)

Changes in diet habits

Time Frame: 4 months

Determine the change in the frequency of dietary behaviors (percent)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Changes in attitude for eating: attitudes scale(4 months)
  • Changes in reasons for eating: reasons scale(4 months)
  • Changes in diet satisfaction: diet satisfaction scale(4 months)

Study Sites (1)

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