RECRUITING

The Community Garden Health Block

Study Overview

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Description

The goals of this community-based clinical trial are to examine the association between community garden participation and 1) fruit and vegetable intake (primary outcome) and 2) access to healthy food (secondary outcome) among adults aged 18-95 living in low resource and African American communities. Gardens will be randomized to the intervention (n=4 gardens) or control group (delayed intervention, n=3 gardens). Participants will be assigned to one of seven community gardens to receive an 8-week intervention. During the intervention, participants will be asked to volunteer in the garden, participate in garden social activities, participate in healthy cooking demonstrations and educational sessions. Participants will receive educational materials as well. To assess the effects of the intervention, participants will receive a baseline, 8-week, and 6-month survey. Outcome measures will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

Official Title

The Community Garden Health Block

Quick Facts

Study Start:2025-07-15
Study Completion:2028-03-01
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06455215

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:18 Years to 95 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. Arkansas resident aged 18-95;
  2. 2. live in community within 1 mile radius of a participating garden;
  3. 3. speak English;
  4. 4. willingness to participate in the garden as a volunteer during the study intervention period;
  5. 5. not previously participated in the garden as a volunteer in past 6 months;
  6. 6. scores as food insecure on 1 of any of the food security measures (i.e. food did not last, could not eat balanced meal, cut the size or skip meals and frequency at which this happens, eat less than you think you should, were hungry but did not eat);
  7. 7. written informed consent;
  8. 8. working phone, home address, and email;
  1. * Does not live within 1 mile radius of a participating garden.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH
CONTACT
301-802-7735
pfagan@uams.edu
Elizabeth Taylor, BA
CONTACT
501-526-6689
betaylor@uams.edu

Principal Investigator

Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
UAMS

Study Locations (Sites)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Arkansas

  • Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UAMS

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 Date2025-07-15
Study Completion Date2028-03-01

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2025-07-15
Study Completion Date2028-03-01

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • food security, community gardens, fruit/vegetable consumption

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Fruit and Vegetable Consumption