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Addressing Disparities in Food Access Among Young Children in Louisiana: A Farm to ECE Approach

NCT05745376 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 228

Last updated 2024-08-14

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Summary

The goal of this pilot project is to increase access to healthy food, improve diets, and reduce food insecurity and, in turn, reduce health disparities among low-income, minority children under the age of five attending early childcare centers. Specific aims are to: 1) examine the feasibility of a six-month Farm to ECE intervention and 2) collect preliminary data to evaluate the efficacy of the program to 2.1) improve the ECE nutrition environment from baseline to follow-up; 2.2) increase access to local fruits and vegetables among children at ECEs from baseline to follow-up; and 2.3) increase parent knowledge and use of community food resources. The investigators will use this preliminary data to develop a larger scale project to test intervention efficacy.

Conditions

  • Food Insecurity
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Nutrition, Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Farm to ECE programming

Students and parents at this center will receive program elements described in arm descriptions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Xavier University of Louisiana.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Megan Knapp, PhD · Xavier University of Louisiana.

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-01
Primary Completion
2024-07-31
Completion
2024-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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