A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age8-64
SponsorNorth Carolina State University
About this trial
Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease. Yet, while diet is modifiable, numerous barriers exist for lower-resourced families to engage in healthy dietary behaviors. In particular, rural families face structural and systemic disparities, such as inadequate access to affordable healthy food. Thus, this project. Thus, this study, PhytoRx Families, an innovative produce prescription (Prx) program, addresses health disparities in rural North Carolina (NC). This project will pilot test and explore the impact of PhytoRx Families (PhtyoRxF) on nutrition-related, health-related, and healthcare utilization outcomes.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Fluent in English or Spanish (speaking, reading, writing)
An adult (18 years of age or older) who's a parent or caregiver of a child ages 8 to 14 years old or a child ages 8 to 14 years old
Served at participating clinic in a county where the program is being implemented (Goldsboro Pediatrics, Bertie County Rural Health Association, and Roanoke Chowan Community Health in Bertie, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, or Wayne Counties)
Living in a county where the program is being implemented (Bertie, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, or Wayne Counties)
Disqualifiers
Adults not at risk of food insecurity
Adults, who are not parents nor caregivers of a child 8 to 14 years
Adults who do not want to or could not fully participate (e.g., an adult family member with advanced kidney disease with severe dietary restrictions).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test to Address Food Security in Rural North Carolina
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
North Carolina State University
Lead sponsor
East Carolina University
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov