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NCT05869149 | Recruiting | Healthy Eating Index


Systems Science Approaches to Improve Access to Healthier Foods: The FRESH Trial
Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Brief Summary:

Working with independently owned restaurants, a common source of calorie-rich, nutrient-poor foods in predominantly minority, low-income urban neighborhoods, has the potential to improve dietary quality, and contribute to cancer prevention. This study uses systems science approaches to sustainably improve access to healthier foods in independently owned restaurants by: 1) testing the effects of a novel intervention called FRESH (Focus on Restaurant Engagement to Strengthen Health) on dietary quality, health indicators and other outcomes in African American and Latin communities, and 2) developing a system dynamics model to allow stakeholders to virtually test FRESH strategies in their own communities. The resulting restaurant intervention simulation model offers potential cost savings from avoided trial-and-error testing, and will support community-based cancer prevention.

Condition or disease

Healthy Eating Index

Intervention/treatment

Multilevel restaurant intervention to improve the food environment

Phase

Not Applicable

Study Type : Interventional
Estimated Enrollment : 756 participants
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Systems Science Approaches to Improve Access to Healthier Foods: The FRESH Trial
Actual Study Start Date : June 1, 2023
Estimated Primary Completion Date : October 31, 2026
Estimated Study Completion Date : October 31, 2026
Arm Intervention/treatment

Experimental: Restaurants receiving FRESH intervention

Restaurants enrolled in the experimental arm of will FRESH undergo activities aimed to improve their healthy food offerings at their restaurants.

No Intervention: Restaurants not receiving FRESH intervention

Restaurants will be enrolled in the study, but not receive the FRESH intervention.

Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult (18-75 years)
  • Regular restaurant customer (e.g., visits the specified restaurant at least 1x/week)
  • Live in a household of at least 2 persons (criterion intended to provide a more stable sample, and to reduce loss to follow-up)
  • Current resident of study neighborhood
Exclusion Criteria
  • Anticipate moving out of Baltimore or DC metropolitan area in the next 18 months
  • Pregnant (due to changes in diet, weight and body composition)

Systems Science Approaches to Improve Access to Healthier Foods: The FRESH Trial

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Recruiting

United States, Maryland

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205

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