Maximizing Nutrition Education to Meet Dietary and Food Security of Children and Parents
Food insecurity and low diet quality are persistent problems linked with chronic disease and poor health among limited-resource children and adults using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). We have shown nutrition education via adult-focused, direct SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed) improved household food securit
| Condition(s) | Nutrition, Healthy, Hunger, Diet, Healthy, Food Habits |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | Food insecurity and low diet quality are persistent problems linked with chronic disease and poor health among limited-resource children and adults using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). We have shown nutrition education via adult-focused, direct SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed) improved household food security by 25% but not adult dietary quality among SNAP-eligible households using a randomized, controlled, longitudinal SNAP-Ed intervention in Indiana. Households experiencing food insecurity often reserve food considered "healthful" for children, so child dietary quality improvement may precede that observed among adults when household food security improves. This study will determine the effect of adult-focused direct SNAP-Ed on child dietary quality and household food security |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * households in Indiana * households with children * English speaking * eligible to receive SNAP (≥18 years and household income at or below 130% of the poverty guideline) * willing to allow a child 5-18 years to participate * willing to participate in the study and wait 1 year to receive SNAP-Ed Exclusion Criteria: * not have received SNAP-Ed lessons in the past year * not pregnant or lactating (due to inherent dietary changes) |
| Ages | 5 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | Purdue University |
| Locations | West Lafayette, Indiana, United States |
| Start date | 2022-11-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT05196763 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05196763 |