Pilot Subsidized and Culturally-adapted Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diet Habit

Treatments: Behavioral: CSA model

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06521411

22-00229-0

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to apply community-engaged methods to refine and implement a culturally adapted systems-level program for improving diet in low income, Chinese American immigrants. Guided by the regular partner engagement, The researchers have organically developed a systems-level program to bring a subsidized community-supported agriculture (CSA) model to the community in a way that is aligned with cultural values, and that includes culturally appropriate produce and nutrition education.

This is a single-site proof of concept pilot program that will be evaluated using a pre-post-design.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult age 18 years and over
• Currently living in Brooklyn
• Willing and able to provide consent

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to complete the baseline survey in English, Mandarin, or Cantonese

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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38 participants in 1 patient group

Study Group

Experimental group

Description:

Low-income Chinese American immigrant families with a focus on adults 18+ years in Brooklyn will participate in a culturally adapted systems -level program for improving diet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CSA model