Clinical trial NCT03477305: BerryCare: A Community Engagement Program
Official title: BerryCare: A Blackberry Extension Lesson Series to Facilitate Community Engagement and Phytonutrient Intake
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Keywords: older adults
community gardening
cooperative extension
Lead sponsor: University of Kentucky
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
First posted: 2018-03-26
Enrollment: 38
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: BerryCare teaches people about the health benefits of blackberries, how to harvest and maintain blackberry bushes and then assesses changes in knowledge and behaviors associated with blackberries and physical measurements.

Detailed description: BerryCare seeks to teach community members how to grow thornless, erect blackberry brambles and to healthily consume fresh blackberries using Plate It Up Kentucky Proud recipes. Horticulture, nutrition, and extension experts are working together to design a blackberry-growing program that engages citizens and their community in each step of the process, from planting to harvesting berries. The lessons will be delivered by experts in their respective field, with accompanying extension publications and supplemental materials provided for replication of the curriculum in other counties.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older

Exclusion Criteria:

* Physically incapacitated
* Mentally incapacitated

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in consumption of blackberries
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in blood pressure
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in total cholesterol
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in HDL cholesterol
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in LDL cholesterol
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in A1c
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in carotenoids
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in weight
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in waist circumference
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in knowledge
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in self-reported fruit and vegetable intake
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in group cohesion
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
measure: Change in physical function
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Beverly
country: United States
facility: Red Bird Mission
state: Kentucky
city: Harlan
country: United States
facility: Harlan County Extension Office
state: Kentucky
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: University of Kentucky
state: Kentucky
city: Nicholasville
country: United States
facility: Jessamine County Senior Citizens Center
state: Kentucky
city: Whitesburg
country: United States
facility: Cowan Community Center
state: Kentucky
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Kentucky
name: Dawn Brewer, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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