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

NCT07221045 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

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

Interventions

OTHER

PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test to Address Food Security in Rural North Carolina

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).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • East Carolina University

    collaborator OTHER

  • North Carolina State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Basheerah Enahora, PhD · North Carolina State University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-18
Primary Completion
2026-05-31
Completion
2026-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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