The Value of Our Health

NCT01475526 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: R01CA1403265R01CA140326-02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 370
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

El Valor de Nuestra Salud \[The Value of Our Health\] is a 5-year study (2010-2014) involving grocery stores in San Diego County funded by the National Cancer Institute. The purpose of the study is to determine whether an in-store program can promote healthy foods through grocery stores. Sixteen stores in San Diego County will participate in El Valor de Nuestra Salud. The stores that participate in this study will be randomly assigned to either the intervention (program and evaluation) or control (evaluation only) group. We will test various strategies to promote healthy food shopping among customers of small-to-medium size Latino/Hispanic grocery stores. These strategies include changes to the store environment, food marketing efforts, and training of sales associates. Our evaluation protocol will determine whether the project is successful at improving aspects of the store and the employees, as well as whether customers shop for and eat healthier food products. The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of the El Valor de Nuestra Salud intervention on consumption of fruits and vegetables among store customers.

Conditions

Prevention of Chronic Disease; Prevention and Control; Diet

Keywords

grocery store; nutrition; Latino; Hispanic

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in fruit and vegetable consumption of store customers from baseline to 6-months as assessed by the NCI fruit and vegetable screener

  Baseline, 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

El Valor de Nuestra Salud Store Intervention

Other: El Valor de Nuestra Salud Store Intervention

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention. Business as usual

Interventions

El Valor de Nuestra Salud Store Intervention OTHER

Changes to physical and social environment of grocery stores through implementation of the El Valor de Nuestra Salud intervention.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be one of the main food shoppers of the household
• Must shop at study store at least once per week
• Must already be a purchaser of food products from this store
• Must be Latino
• Must speak Spanish and/or English
• Must be able to read in Spanish
• Must eat 4 or less cups of fruits and vegetables per day
• Must plan on living in San Diego County for at least the next 12 months

You may not qualify if:

• Must not have any dietary restrictions limiting consumption of fruits and vegetables
• Participating customers cannot shop at other study stores in that wave more than once a month
• Participating customers cannot shop at intervention stores from previous waves more than once a month

Sponsors & Collaborators

• San Diego State University: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

San Diego State University Research Foundation

San Diego, California, 92123, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Stuber JM, Beulens JW, Ayala GX, Crozier SR, Dijkstra SC, Lin SF, Vogel C, Mackenbach JD. Can nudge interventions targeting healthy food purchases in real-world grocery stores reduce diet-related health disparities? A pooled analysis of four controlled trials. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2024 Dec 3;21(1):137. doi: 10.1186/s12966-024-01687-3.

  PMID: 39627771 DERIVED

• Ayala GX, Pickrel JL, Baquero B, Sanchez-Flack J, Lin SF, Belch G, Rock CL, Linnan L, Gittelsohn J, Ji M, Elder JP, Mayer J. The El Valor de Nuestra Salud clustered randomized controlled trial store-based intervention to promote fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022 Feb 17;19(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12966-021-01220-w.

  PMID: 35177070 DERIVED

Related Links

• El Valor de Nuestra Salud is housed within the Institute for Behavioral and Community Health at SDSU

Study Officials

• Guadalupe X Ayala, PhD

  San Diego State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 14, 2011
• First Posted: November 21, 2011
• Study Start: October 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2014
• Study Completion: October 1, 2014
• Last Updated: November 17, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-11

Locations

US (1)