Clinical trial NCT06593028: Feasibility of Strategies to Increase SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program Use for Families With Food Insecurity
Official title: Feasibility of a Pilot Intervention Designed to Increase SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program Use for Families With Food Insecurity
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Dietary Habits
Lead sponsor: University of South Carolina
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-09-19
Enrollment: 91
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The Veggie Vouchers pilot intervention aimed to increase awareness and utilization of an existing SNAP F\&V incentive program in South Carolina for families with food insecurity. Social determinants of health screenings were leveraged in a pediatric clinic to identify eligible families and provide information about this program. A free trial was then offered, with the long-term goal of increasing program use after the free trial ended. The primary aim was feasibility and acceptability of the Veggie Vouchers intervention among pediatricians and families.


Eligibility criteria: Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older
* Had a child 2-17 years of age
* Child lived in their home 50% of the time or more
* Child was a patient of the general pediatrics clinic enrolled in this study
* English-speaking
* Enrolled in SNAP
* Experiencing household food insecurity

Caregiver Exclusion Criteria:

* Had purchased fruits and vegetables within the past year at the community food site participating in this study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Intervention feasibility: recruitment screening eligibility
timeFrame: Through study completion, approximately 1 year
measure: Intervention feasibility: recruitment screening enrollment
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Intervention feasibility: recruitment duration
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Intervention feasibility: retention attendance
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Intervention feasibility: retention dropout
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Intervention acceptability: caregivers
timeFrame: Upon completing the intervention, approximately 5 months after baseline
measure: Intervention acceptability: pediatricians
timeFrame: Upon completing the intervention, approximately 1 year
measure: Intervention acceptability
timeFrame: Upon completing the intervention, approximately 3 months after baseline
measure: Intervention utilization: free trial redemption
timeFrame: Through free trial period, approximately 3 months from baseline
measure: Intervention utilization: SNAP purchases (box frequency)
timeFrame: Through study completion, approximately 1 year
measure: Intervention utilization: SNAP purchases (family uptake)
timeFrame: Through study completion, approximately 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Household food insecurity
timeFrame: Baseline, after receiving each free fruit and vegetable box (~1x/month for 3 months after baseline), and end of the intervention (~5 months after baseline for redeemers; 3 months after baseline for non-redeemers)
measure: Household nutrition security
timeFrame: Baseline, after receiving each free fruit and vegetable box (~1x/month for 3 months after baseline), and end of the intervention (~5 months after baseline for redeemers; 3 months after baseline for non-redeemers)
measure: Household healthfulness choice
timeFrame: Baseline, after receiving each free fruit and vegetable box (~1x/month for 3 months after baseline), and end of the intervention (~5 months after baseline for redeemers; 3 months after baseline for non-redeemers)
measure: Household dietary choice
timeFrame: Baseline, after receiving each free fruit and vegetable box (~1x/month for 3 months after baseline), and end of the intervention (~5 months after baseline for redeemers; 3 months after baseline for non-redeemers)
measure: Dietary intake
timeFrame: Baseline, after receiving each free fruit and vegetable box (~1x/month for 3 months after baseline), and end of the intervention (~5 months after baseline for redeemers; 3 months after baseline for non-redeemers)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Columbia
country: United States
facility: University of South Carolina
state: South Carolina
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