Improving Food Access in East Flatbush Through a Community Partner Coalition in New York City (NYC)

NYU Langone Health

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Food Insecurity

Treatments: Other: Produce box program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07078253

UL1TR001445 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

25-00432

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this research study is to implement and evaluate a food pantry pilot program to improve access to food and overall diet quality in East Flatbush. This will be achieved through the implementation of a tailored, client-choice food pantry pilot program. The pilot program will specifically offer locally grown produce.

Full description

The objective of this study is to implement and evaluate a pilot intervention to improve access to food and overall diet quality in East Flatbush in Brooklyn, NY. This will be achieved through implementation of a tailored, client-choice pantry model pilot intervention among up to 100 individuals in which local, fresh produce is provided to participants on a weekly basis for 20 weeks. This project is a partnership between NYU and five community-based organizations (CBOs) and is the result of multi-year formative research with the partners and community. The pantry program will be evaluated using surveys and an objective measure of fruit and vegetable intake (i.e., skin carotenoid assessment via the Veggie Meter) at the start and end of the 20-week program. Through this pre-post evaluation, the investigators will assess the impact of the program on food security (primary outcome) as well as on fruit and vegetable intake and social connection (secondary outcomes). The findings will inform future implementations of client-choice pantry models by community-based organizations across New York City.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Adult at least 18 years old
2. Able to complete the surveys in English or Haitian Creole
3. Able to travel to Brooklyn Center for Quality Life in East Flatbush weekly to pick up the no-cost fresh vegetables
4. Willing and able to provide informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

1. Those not meeting the above inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

East Flatbush community

Experimental group

Description:

Produce grown by Brooklyn Grange and tailored to the East Flatbush community will be provided weekly for 20 week to enrolled study participants .

Treatment:

Other: Produce box program