A Food Security Intervention for the Prevention of Cancer in Low-income Families

Summary

This study is being done to see how produce delivery with or without nutritional education affects what people eat and if it can help improve diet and nutrition in low-income families and their ability to get enough healthy food. Research shows strong evidence regarding the role of diet in new cancer rates and cancer deaths. Although dietary guidelines have been established at the national level to improve diet quality, the average dietary quality remains low in American households, particularly in low-income communities. These disadvantaged communities are also more likely to be food insecure (having limited or uncertain access to nutritious food). FreshFix is a community-based organization that provides nutritious foods from local farmers to communities in Western New York and offers a Half-Price Produce delivery program which is targeted for lower-income and underserved communities. Participating in the FreshFix program with access to nutritional education materials may decrease food insecurity and improve diet quality in low-income families.

Conditions

• Obesity-Related Malignant Neoplasm

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Food Assistance Programs

Receive enhanced delivery half-price food boxes delivered by a community health worker

BEHAVIORAL

Food Assistance Programs

Receive the standard half-price produce box delivery delivered by FreshFix staff

OTHER

Health Promotion and Education

Receive nutritional education materials and resources

OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

OTHER

Survey Administration

Ancillary studies

BEHAVIORAL

Telephone-Based Intervention

Receive a dietary recall phone call

Sponsors & Collaborators

• UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Karen Yeary · Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-05-01

Primary Completion

2027-05-30

Completion

2027-05-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations