Fruit and Vegetable Rx (FVRx) + Home Plate

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Food Insecurity

Treatments: Other: Home Plate Lite; Other: Home Plate; Other: Fruit and Vegetable prescription

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04986046

20-018132

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a research study to test if fruit and vegetable prescription vouchers (FVRx) and a cooking skills program (Home Plate) can improve dietary quality, food security (access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food), feelings about the home and community food environments, and caregiver mental health.

Full description

The purpose of this research study is to determine the effect of produce prescriptions (vouchers that can be redeemed for produce at participating locations, "FVRx") and a cooking skills program (Home Plate) on dietary quality, food security, perceptions of the food environment, and mental health. Investigators also aim to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the programs.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. At least one child in the household is age 2 to 5 years.

2. Household is food insecure and/or low-income with an age-eligible, overweight or obese child.

   • If a child meets the above criteria, any sibling age 2-5 is also eligible.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Caregiver or eligible children have a medical condition that significantly affects diet or eating habits.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 3 patient groups

Fruit and vegetable prescription

Active Comparator group

Description:

Fruit and vegetable incentive program

Treatment:

Other: Fruit and Vegetable prescription

Fruit and vegetable prescription + Home Plate Lite

Experimental group

Description:

Fruit and vegetable incentive program + asynchronous, electronic resources delivered over six weeks (Home Plate Lite)

Treatment:

Other: Fruit and Vegetable prescription

Other: Home Plate Lite

Fruit and vegetable prescription + Home Plate

Experimental group

Description:

Fruit and vegetable incentive program + 1.5-hour, virtual, small-group classes weekly for six weeks (Home Plate)

Treatment:

Other: Fruit and Vegetable prescription

Other: Home Plate