Tribal Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE)

University of Oklahoma (OU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Healthy retail strategies

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03311217

R01HL117729

Details and patient eligibility

About

The THRIVE study is a healthy retail intervention that improves the food environments in tribally owned and operated convenience stores in the Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Full description

The THRIVE study is a cluster randomized trial, using a community-based participatory research approach, of "healthy makeovers" in eight convenience stores owned and operated by the Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The study will test the ability of tribal nations to increase fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption among tribal members through environmental and policy approaches. Investigators hypothesize that tribal members exposed to the highest doses of the intervention (i.e. those who visit the intervention convenience stores the most) will increase their fruit and vegetable intake. Individual-level changes in fruit and vegetable intake will be measured via a survey administered to a cohort of 1600 American Indian shoppers before and after the intervention. A multimedia manual, Website, and documentary film will be created as part of the implementation of THRIVE to engage tribal citizens, enhance local knowledge, and guide other tribes to improve their food and physical activity environments.

Enrollment: 1,634 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• American Indian or Alaska Native
• Residing in the tribal jurisdictional areas
• No plans of moving within 12 months
• Self-report shopping at the stores for food at least 3 times per week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Anyone who does not meet these criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,634 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Healthy retail strategies will be implemented in tribally owned convenience stores in these communities. Specific strategies include pricing discounts, promotional signage, incorporation of new product, and placement of healthier items on shelves.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy retail strategies

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention will be implemented in the stores in the control communities.