The Neighborhood & Health Study: Agrihood Living and Health
This study, called The Neighborhood & Health Study, is looking at how living in an "agrihood" – a community with integrated agriculture – might affect your health. Researchers are observing people who live in a new agrihood called the Indigo Neighborhood and comparing them to people in a similar neighborhood called the Elyson Neighborhood. They want to see if living in an agrihood changes healthy eating habits, physical activity levels, and body mass index (BMI) over 3 to 6 months. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older and live in or plan to move to the Indigo Neighborhood, or if you live in the Elyson Neighborhood. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.
- Study design
- This is an observational study, meaning researchers will watch and collect information without giving specific treatments. It plans to include 600 participants.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for changes in healthy eating and physical activity for 3 and 6 months, and for changes in BMI for 6 months.
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The Neighborhood & Health Study
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Jay E Maddock, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Texas A&M University
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Inclusion
What this trial measures
- Change in healthy eatingBaseline to 3 & 6 months
Healthy eating will be measured by the Mediterranean Eating Pattern for Americans - 16 items scale. Score ranges from 0 to 16. Higher scores indicate healthy eating patterns.
- Change in physical activityBaseline to 3 & 6 months
Physical activity will be measured through calculating moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity (LMVPA), walking, and sedentary behavior using data from an accelerometer worn by participants for 7 days
- Change in body mass index (BMI)Baseline to 6 months
Height and weight will be measured by research staff and BMI will be calculated.
- Change in blood pressureBaseline to 6 months
Blood pressure will be measured by research staff using an Omron sphygmomanometer. Measured in units of millimeters of mercury (mmHg).
- Change in hemoglobin A1cBaseline to 6 months
Hemoglobin A1c will be measured by research staff using a CardioChek Plus machine that measures glucose in their blood. Hemoglobin A1c is measured in milligrams (mg) per deciliter (dL) of blood.
- Change in social connectednessBaseline to 3 & 6 months
Social connectedness will be measured by the Brief Sense of Community Scale. Scores range from 8 to 40. Higher scores indicate more social connectedness.