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Brighter Bites/Legacy Produce Rx Program

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Child Obesity
Interventions
Other: Produce Prescription Group
Other: Control Group
Registration Number
NCT06407284
Lead Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the produce prescription program at improving weight status and obesity-related health outcomes of participants, to examine the impacts of the program on household food insecurity and nutrition security, to examine the impacts of the program on participating adolescents' dietary behavioral outcomes, their home nutrition environment and feeding practices and to examine the impacts of the program in reducing healthcare use and associated costs

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
600
Inclusion Criteria
  • Must be a patient at one of the four Legacy Community Health School-based clinics in Galena Park, Texas
  • BMI greater than or equal to 85th percentile
  • reside within a 10-mile radius of Houston Food Bank
  • Medicaid recipients or low-income uninsured
  • parents must be able to read and write in English or Spanish to complete surveys
  • patient and parents must confirm their willingness to complete the participant's well-child visit for the entire period of the study (approximately one year).
Exclusion Criteria
  • currently participating in Brighter Bites
  • with a family member/sibling currently participating in Brighter Bites

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Produce Prescription GroupProduce Prescription Group-
Control GroupControl Group-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in systolic blood pressurebaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

Change in hemoglobin A1c as assessed by blood workbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

Change in body mass index (BMI)baseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

Change in lipid panels assessed by blood workbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

Change in diastolic blood pressurebaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

Change in Aspartate transaminase (AST) assessed by blood workbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

Change in Alanine transaminase (ALT) assessed by blood workbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in household food insecurity as assessed by the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form Economic Research Servicebaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This is a 6 item questionnaire and raw scores range from 0-6, higher score indicating worse outcome

Change in nutrition security as assessed by the self reported Perceived Limited Ability validated screenerbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This is a 4 item questionnaire, each is scored from 0-4, higher score indicating better outcome

Change in number of times subject eats out at restaurantsbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
Change in amount of junk food consumedbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
Healthcare usage as assessed by the number of well-visitspost intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
Healthcare usage as assessed by the number of no shows to clinic appointmentsFrom 6 months prior to the intervention to two months post-intervention
Change in amount of fruit and vegetable intakebaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
Change in parent feeding practices as assessed by the number of times parent has used nutrition facts labels to make purchasing decisionsbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
Healthcare usage as assessed by the number of visits due to illnesspost intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
Change in household food insecurity prevalence among participants (measured as a percentage) as assessed by the two item Hunger Vital Sign screening toolbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This is a 2 item questionnaire and each is categorically scored as often true, sometimes true or never true, higher number indicating higher prevalence of household food insecurity

Change in parent feeding practices as assessed by the number of times parent has cooked food from scratchbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
Change in parent feeding practices as assessed by the number of times parent has eaten meals with their referent childbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
Change in impact of the Produce Prescription intervention on adolescent patients' behavioral and emotional health as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A)baseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

This is a 9 item questionnaire and each is scored from 0(not at all) to 3(nearly every day), for a maximum score of 27, higher score indicating worse outcome

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Houston, Texas, United States

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