Voices for Food: Food Policy Councils, Food Security and Healthy Food Choices

NCT03566095 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2013-69004-20401
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,735
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of coaching and Voices for Food materials on establishing Food Policy Councils (FPCs) and using guided client choice in rural food pantries to improve food security and diet quality among food pantry clients, and to improve the food environment in rural, midwestern food pantries. Half of the communities received coaching and the Voices for Food kit, the other half only received the Voices for Food kit.

Conditions

Food Security; Nutritive Value

Keywords

Rural; Food Policy Councils; Food Pantry; Community Coaching

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• The United States Household Food Security Survey Module

  Change in food security of food pantry clients. Individuals will be classified as very low food secure, low food secure, marginal food secure and high food secure.

  4 years

• Healthy Eating Index (HEI) Score

  Change in diet quality of food pantry clients. The Automated Self-Administered 24-hour (ASA24®) Dietary Assessment Too allows for calculation of the Healthy Eating Index score, which is a measure of diet quality.

  4 years

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Food Policy Council Implementation Form

  4 years

• Food Pantry MyChoice Observation Tool

  4 years

Study Arms (2)

Coaching and Voices for Food Kit

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The treatment communities received community coaching from an Extension Professional or Educator in the use of the Voices for Food kit.

Behavioral: Coaching and Voices for Food Kit

Voices for Food Kit

SHAM COMPARATOR

The comparison community received the Voices for Food kit.

Behavioral: Voices for Food Kit

Interventions

Coaching and Voices for Food Kit BEHAVIORAL

Community Coaching and Voices for Food Kit

Coaching and Voices for Food Kit

Voices for Food Kit BEHAVIORAL

Voices for Food Kit

Voices for Food Kit

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Food Pantry Clients must be current clientele by visiting the participating food pantry at least once in the last year, English-speaking.
• Food Pantry Directors must be 18 years or older (19 if in Nebraska), English-speaking and a director of a participating food pantry.
• Food Pantry Staff/Volunteers must be 18 years or older (19 if in Nebraska), English-speaking and a staff/volunteer of a participating food pantry.
• Community Stakeholders must be 18 years or older (19 if in Nebraska), English-speaking and reside in the participating community.

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18 years old (19 if in Nebraska)
• Non English- speaking

Sponsors & Collaborators

• South Dakota State University: lead
• Michigan State University: collaborator
• Ohio State University: collaborator
• University of Nebraska Lincoln: collaborator
• Purdue University: collaborator
• University of Missouri-Columbia: collaborator

Related Publications (4)

• Wright BN, Vasquez-Mejia CM, Guenther PM, McCormack L, Stluka S, Franzen-Castle L, Henne B, Mehrle D, Remley D, Eicher-Miller HA. Fruit and Vegetable Healthy Eating Index Component Scores of Distributed Food Bags Were Positively Associated with Client Diet Scores in a Sample of Rural, Midwestern Food Pantries. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2021 Jan;121(1):74-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.09.033. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

  PMID: 33350943 DERIVED

• Wright BN, Tooze JA, Bailey RL, Liu Y, Rivera RL, McCormack L, Stluka S, Franzen-Castle L, Henne B, Mehrle D, Remley D, Eicher-Miller HA. Dietary Quality and Usual Intake of Underconsumed Nutrients and Related Food Groups Differ by Food Security Status for Rural, Midwestern Food Pantry Clients. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2020 Sep;120(9):1457-1468. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 Jul 20.

  PMID: 32703690 DERIVED

• Liu Y, Tooze JA, Zhang Y, Leidy HJ, Bailey RL, Wright B, Ma M, Stluka S, Remley DT, McCormack LA, Franzen-Castle L, Henne R, Mehrle D, Eicher-Miller HA. Breakfast Consumption Is Positively Associated with Usual Nutrient Intakes among Food Pantry Clients Living in Rural Communities. J Nutr. 2020 Mar 1;150(3):546-553. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz258.

  PMID: 31711170 DERIVED

• Stluka S, Moore L, Eicher-Miller HA, Franzen-Castle L, Henne B, Mehrle D, Remley D, McCormack L. Voices for food: methodologies for implementing a multi-state community-based intervention in rural, high poverty communities. BMC Public Health. 2018 Aug 23;18(1):1055. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5957-9.

  PMID: 30139336 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Voice

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Suzanne Stluka, PhD, RD, LN

  South Dakota State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Heather Eicher- Miller, PhD

  Purdue University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Rebecca Henne, MS

  Michigan State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Donna Mehrle, MPH, RD, LD

  University of Missouri-Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Lisa Franzen-Castle, PhD

  University of Nebraska Lincoln

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Dan Remley, PhD

  Ohio State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants were not aware of their status as a treatment or comparison community.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: All data were collected from both treatment an comparison communities at the same time points.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 24, 2018
• First Posted: June 21, 2018
• Study Start: August 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: March 15, 2018
• Study Completion: March 15, 2018
• Last Updated: June 21, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share