Maximizing Nutrition Education to Meet Dietary and Food Security of Children and Parents

Part of paid clinical trials in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Sponsor
Purdue University
Study ID
NCT05196763
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Diet, Healthy
  • Food Habits
  • Hunger
  • Nutrition, Healthy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
5 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education — BEHAVIORAL
    The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education is federal nutrition education provided in all U.S. states to the SNAP-eligible population.

Study Details

Food insecurity and low diet quality are persistent problems linked with chronic disease and poor health among limited-resource children and adults using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). We have shown nutrition education via adult-focused, direct SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed) improved household food security by 25% but not adult dietary quality among SNAP-eligible households using a randomized, controlled, longitudinal SNAP-Ed intervention in Indiana. Households experiencing food insecurity often reserve food considered "healthful" for children, so child dietary quality improvement may precede that observed among adults when household food security improves. This study will determine the effect of adult-focused direct SNAP-Ed on child dietary quality and household food security using a longitudinal randomized, controlled SNAP-Ed intervention. Assessment will include repeated 24-hour dietary recalls to determine usual intake, the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module, and behavior data from before and after the 10-week "intervention period," and 1 year later, after which the control group will receive the intervention. Low-income participants (n=275) from Indiana will be recruited following SNAP-Ed protocol. Results of the study will inform the creation of supplementary on-demand SNAP-Ed educational material focused on improving healthful dietary intake for children and adults in situations of food insecurity in households with children. Education on modeling healthy attitudes and behaviors, planning and preparing family meals, and dietary shortfalls as informed by the results and previous evidence will be included and evaluated. The study aligns with the goals of USDA to increase food security and this RFP to improve healthful behaviors, food quality and nutrition.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 1, 2022
Status verified
May 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education
    This group will receive the core content of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education over the 10-week "intervention period".
  • No Intervention: Control
    This group will not receive the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education during the "intervention period" nor throughout the study (1 year).

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in food security from baseline to 12 months [ Time Frame: food security of the previous 12 months at baseline and 12 months later ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Heather Eicher-MillerWest LafayetteIndiana47907
Heather A Eicher-Miller, PhD
[email protected]
7654946815
Heather A Eicher-Miller, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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