RECRUITING

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction for Adults With Food Insecurity Using Structured Incentives

Description

The overarching aim of this proposal is to test the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of CVD-FIT, a novel, multi-component intervention that includes three components: 1) monthly income supplementation; 2) weekly structured incentive for the purchase of healthy food options; and 3) evidence-based telephone delivered CVD risk reduction education and skills training in African Americans with food insecurity.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases
Talk to us

Related Conditions:

Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Overview

On this page

Study Details

Study overview

The overarching aim of this proposal is to test the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of CVD-FIT, a novel, multi-component intervention that includes three components: 1) monthly income supplementation; 2) weekly structured incentive for the purchase of healthy food options; and 3) evidence-based telephone delivered CVD risk reduction education and skills training in African Americans with food insecurity.

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction for Adults With Food Insecurity Using Structured Incentives (CVD-FIT)

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction for Adults With Food Insecurity Using Structured Incentives

Condition
Cardiovascular Diseases
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Buffalo

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States, 14203

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * self-report as African American/non-Hispanic Black
  • * screen positive for food insecurity over the past 12-months using a food insecurity risk tool developed through completion of the research team's current NIH funded R01 (R01MD013826)
  • * at risk for CVD defined as age ≥40 years and having a clinical diagnosis of diabetes, or hypertension, or hyperlipidemia, or being overweight/obese (defined as a BMI\>25), or being a current smoker
  • * able to communicate in English.
  • * Mental confusion on interview suggesting significant dementia
  • * Participation in other cardiovascular disease clinical trials
  • * Alcohol or drug abuse/dependency based on screening using CAGE questionnaire
  • * Active psychosis or acute mental disorder based on self-report
  • * Life expectancy \<12 months.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

State University of New York at Buffalo,

Study Record Dates

2030-03