Green Cart Program Evaluation

NCT03026608 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 12-1689
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 201
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The Green Car Evaluation was designed to test the impact of the Veggie Van mobile produce market on access to healthy food and fruit and vegetable intake in 12 lower-income communities using a cluster-randomized design.

Conditions

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption; Food Insecurity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

  Measured via food frequency questionnaire

  Change from baseline to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change Score for Perceived access to fresh fruits and vegetables

  Change from baseline to 6 months

Other Outcomes (1)

• Change in Body Mass Index

  Change from baseline to 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Communities randomized to the intervention group receive the Veggie Van program shortly after randomization.

Behavioral: Veggie Van Program

Delayed Intervention Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This group will receive the Veggie Van intervention approximately 6 months after baseline data collection and randomization (after the collection of 6 months outcomes data).

Behavioral: Veggie Van Program

Interventions

Veggie Van Program BEHAVIORAL

This includes 1.) Weekly delivery of fresh local produce; 2.) Cooking and nutrition demonstrations; 3.) Weekly newsletters about cooking, nutrition and local produce mailed to all study participants and distributed at Veggie Van

Delayed Intervention Control Group; Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Receives services or lives within one of the communities selected for the study
• Main shopper for the household
• Intends to use Veggie Van if it comes to their community

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead
• University at Buffalo: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Leone LA, Tripicchio GL, Haynes-Maslow L, McGuirt J, Grady Smith JS, Armstrong-Brown J, Gizlice Z, Ammerman A. Cluster randomized controlled trial of a mobile market intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake among adults in lower-income communities in North Carolina. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2018 Jan 5;15(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0637-1.

  PMID: 29304862 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Alice Ammerman, PhD

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2017
• First Posted: January 20, 2017
• Study Start: September 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2016
• Study Completion: May 1, 2016
• Last Updated: January 20, 2017

Record last verified: 2016-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share