Building Access to Food Through Systems and Solidarity

Part of paid clinical trials in New York, New York.

Sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Study ID
NCT05381766
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Diet Habit

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 85 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • CSA Model — OTHER
    Community-supported agriculture (CSA) involves a community of individuals who support a farm and in return receive distributions of the farm's produce throughout the growing season. Culturally appropriate produce will be provided weekly for 20 weeks to community members in Sunset Park and surrounding neighborhoods. Brooklyn Grange in Sunset Park will grow and provide Chinese specific produce for a fee ranging from $7 to $31 depending on the participant's self-identified situation and Angel Family Farm will grow and provide Mexican specific produce for a fee of up to $15. Participants that receive SNAP benefits can use their EBT card to cover their produce box fees. Education will be offered in the form of nutrition education, cooking tutorials, and farming information provided by staff at Brooklyn Grange.

Study Details

BASIS aims to implement a whole-of-community intervention in Brooklyn for improving diet and the social and /built environments for English-, Chinese-, Spanish-, and Bangla-speaking communities. This is achieved through five main pillars: by 1) improving food access (subsidized, culturally tailored fresh produce box program), 2) providing nutrition education, 3) conducting experiential learning (gardening workshops, cooking demonstrations, farm tours, physical activity sessions, arts-based sessions), 4) assisting with economic security (SNAP/WIC enrollment, workforce development, small business owner engagement), and 5) contributing to policy.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 7, 2023
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2026
Completion
Nov 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
3,200 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention Group - CSA Model
    English-, Chinese-, Spanish-, and Bangladeshi-speaking community members (adults 18+ years) residing in Sunset Park and surrounding neighborhoods will participate in a culturally adapted systems-level program for improving diet. The intervention will be evaluated through baseline and follow-up surveys and skin carotenoid assessments.
  • No Intervention: Control Group
    Mexican-identifying community members (adults 18+ years) residing in Mott Haven, Bronx and Chinese-identifying community members (adults 18+ years) residing in Chinatown, Manhattan and Flushing, Queens will form the comparison community. Recruited participants from the comparison communities will complete evaluation components (surveys and skin carotenoid assessments) but not receive the intervention.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in Fruit+Vegetable Intake as Measured by Skin Carotenoids [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 20 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
NYU Langone HealthNew YorkNew York10016
Stella Yi, MD
[email protected]
646-501-3477
Stella Yi, MD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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