Produce Prescription Program for Youth Cardiovascular Health
This study is looking at how a "produce prescription" program and nutrition classes can improve heart health in children and teenagers. If you are between 2 and 17 years old, are a patient at Boston Children's Hospital, and have certain heart health risks like high blood pressure (hypertension), unhealthy cholesterol levels (dyslipidemia), or are overweight/obese, you might be able to join. You also need to be eligible for or enrolled in Medicaid or SNAP. Participants will attend virtual nutrition classes and receive money on a debit card each month to buy fruits and vegetables. The main goal is to see if this program helps you eat more fruits and vegetables over 6 and 12 months.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 150 participants (children/teens and their parents).
- What's involved
- You will attend 6 virtual nutrition classes and receive monthly deposits on a debit card for six months. You will also complete a baseline survey.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your fruit and vegetable consumption will be measured at 6 months and 12 months after starting the program.
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Impact of a Produce Prescription Program and Nutrition Education Intervention on Cardiovascular Health in Youth
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesWho to contact
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What this trial measures
- Fruit and vegetable consumptionChange from baseline at 6 months and 12 months
Our primary outcome will be change in FV consumption from baseline to 6 months for the entire study population. Change in FV consumption will be measured by obtaining a baseline, 6 month, and 12 month 10-item Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ). This short 10-item dietary assessment tool is from the larger 26-item Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ) developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI). The 10-item DSQ scale collects consumption frequency of fruits, fruit juices, and vegetables in the past 30 days. Scoring algorithms convert frequency responses to cup equivalent estimates of average daily dietary intake for fruits and vegetables, using an age and gender coefficient.