RECRUITING

Delta GREENS Food is Medicine Intervention

Study Overview

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Description

Though the Mississippi Delta has a rich agricultural history and some of the nation's most fertile soil, residents have experienced the legacy of slavery and economic exploitation through food insecurity and poverty for generations. This project focuses on Bolivar, Washington, and Sunflower, contiguous counties in the Delta that are designated as health disparity populations. Over 65% of the 100,000 residents are Black/African American and \~30% live at or below the poverty level. Obesity rates are high and the rate of diabetes is almost double the national average. Tufts University received a grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop, test, and evaluate a Food is Medicine program in Mississippi. The Delta Growing a Resilient, Enriching, Equitable, Nourishing food System (GREENS) Food is Medicine (FIM) Project, is a collaborative project in Bolivar, Washington, and Sunflower counties in Mississippi. The intervention involves regularly distributed fruit and vegetable produce boxes as well as nutrition education materials to the intervention group. The control group will receive produce boxes later, after they complete study activities. The project's primary goal is to improve health outcomes by creating a FIM intervention. The Delta GREENS FIM Project aims to become a model for promoting nutrition security and management of chronic conditions in varied communities nationwide.

Official Title

Delta GREENS Mississippi Food is Medicine Intervention

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-05-20
Study Completion:2026-04
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06358859

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.

Ages Eligible for Study:21 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Patient at participating Delta Health Center (DHC) clinics
  2. * BMI: ≥ 25
  3. * Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c): \>5.7 to 8.5%, inclusive
  1. * Type 1 diabetes
  2. * Current use of incretin agonists (e.g., semaglutide, dulaglutide, liraglutide)
  3. * Uncontrolled hypertension:
  4. * Systolic blood pressure \> 160 mmHg
  5. * Diastolic blood pressure \> 100 mmHg
  6. * Severe symptomatic cardiovascular disease
  7. * Recent (6 months) history of:
  8. * Myocardial infarction
  9. * Percutaneous coronary intervention
  10. * Coronary artery bypass graft
  11. * Cerebrovascular disease
  12. * Participant in diabetes, nutrition, or weight intervention research in the last 12 months
  13. * Another family member or household member is a study participant
  14. * History of bariatric surgery or considering bariatric surgery in the next year or prior bariatric surgery
  15. * Lack of safe, stable residence and ability to store produce
  16. * Lack of telephone
  17. * Pregnancy/breastfeeding or intended pregnancy in the next year
  18. * Drug or alcohol misuse that would impair the ability to complete study activities
  19. * Known psychosis or major psychiatric illness that prevents participation in study activities
  20. * Any other reason that in the investigators' best judgment places the participants at risk or increases likelihood of poor adherence

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Daniel Schultz, MS, RDN, LD
CONTACT
262-627-0155
daniel.schultz@tufts.edu
Shanti Sharma, PhD
CONTACT
shanti.sharma@tufts.edu

Principal Investigator

Christina D Economos, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Tufts University

Study Locations (Sites)

Tufts University
Boston, Massachusetts, 02111
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Tufts University

  • Christina D Economos, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Tufts University

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-05-20
Study Completion Date2026-04

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-05-20
Study Completion Date2026-04

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Food is Medicine
  • Diabetes
  • High blood pressure
  • Cardiometabolic risk factors
  • Nutrition-related diseases

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
  • Diabetes
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Obesity
  • Nutrition Security