The Community Garden Health Block
ConditionFruit and Vegetable Consumption
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-95
SponsorUniversity of Arkansas
About this trial
The goals of this community-based clinical trial are to examine the association between community garden participation and 1) fruit and vegetable intake (primary outcome) and 2) access to healthy food (secondary outcome) among adults aged 18-95 living in low resource communities. Gardens will be randomized to the intervention (n=4 gardens) or control group (delayed intervention, n=3 gardens). Participants will be assigned to one of seven community gardens to receive an 8-week intervention. During the intervention, participants will be asked to volunteer in the garden, participate in garden social activities, participate in healthy cooking demonstrations and educational sessions. Participants will receive educational materials as well. To assess the effects of the intervention, participants will receive a baseline, 8-week, and 6-month survey. Outcome measures will be compared between the intervention and control groups.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Arkansas resident aged 18-95;
live in community within 1 mile radius of a participating garden;
speak English;
willingness to participate in the garden as a volunteer during the study intervention period;
Disqualifiers
Does not live within 1 mile radius of a participating garden.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Community garden activities
BehavioralThe gardens in the intervention group will receive an 8-week intervention that includes 1) educational materials, 2) healthy cooking demonstrations, food and transportation support and 3) garden social activities. The control group will be asked to abstain from intervention activities. The control group will receive the delayed 8-week intervention one month after the intervention group.
Treatment groups
138 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Garden interventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Delayed interventionActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Fruit and vegetable intake
We will use the five factor screener that is used to approximate intake of fruit juices, fruit, green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, tomato-based sauces, potatoes, and beans
Time frame
From baseline to 8 weeks (end of intervention) and 6-months post interventionSecondary outcomes
1
Access to healthy foods
We will use the the Perceived Availability of the Healthy Food Scale. Participants will be asked to think of the neighborhood area (1 mile radius) and the extent to which they feel that the foods are of high quality, available, and are low fat.
Time frame
From baseline to 8 weeks (end of intervention) and 6-months post interventionSponsors and contacts
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University of Arkansas
Lead sponsor
University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center
Collaborator
Coalition for a Tobacco Free Arkansas
Collaborator
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov