A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina

Part of paid clinical trials in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sponsor
North Carolina State University
Study ID
NCT07221045
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Blood Pressure
  • Diabetes Mellitus Risk
  • Diet, Healthy
  • Health Behavior
  • Utilization, Health Care

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
8 Years - 64 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test to Address Food Security in Rural North Carolina — OTHER
    This project will pilot test and explore the impact of PhytoRx Families (PhtyoRxF) on nutrition-related, health-related, and healthcare utilization outcomes among n=30 adults and school-aged children (adult-child dyads; children 8-14 year olds, 2nd-9th grade).

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 18, 2025
Status verified
Oct 2025
Primary completion
May 31, 2026
Completion
May 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Pilot test participants
    Participants will be referred by healthcare providers during office visits at local clinics. Providers will refer school-aged children (8-14 year olds) or adults, who are also a caregiver for a school-aged child, who screen positive for food insecurity and will submit patient referrals to the Project Coordinator utilizing a HIPAA-compliant KiteWorks platform.

Primary Outcome Measure

Fruit and vegetable intake [ Time Frame: Baseline and end of study at 16 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
North Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth Carolina27695
Basheerah Enahora, PhD
[email protected]
9195159125
Basheerah Enahora, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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