Healthy Eating Education for Latinos

NCT04724382 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB13-1332
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 76
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This intervention aims to evaluate the efficacy of a pilot educational intervention with deep-structure cultural tailoring for Latino ethnic groups on diet quality compared to general, surface-level healthy-eating messages.

Conditions

Diet, Healthy; Diet Habit; Obesity; Blood Pressure; Psychological

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Changes in diet quality score

  Determine the change in score of short diet quality screener (range 18-54; from lowest to highest quality)

  4 months

• Changes in diet habits

  Determine the change in the frequency of dietary behaviors (percent)

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Changes in diet satisfaction: diet satisfaction scale

  4 months

• Changes in attitude for eating: attitudes scale

  4 months

• Changes in reasons for eating: reasons scale

  4 months

Other Outcomes (4)

• Changes in depression score: CESD

  4 months

• Change in levels of adipose risk factor

  4 months

• Change in levels of blood pressure risk factors

  4 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group consisting of culturally-tailored healthy eating advice through daily text messages for 2 months (delivery phase). A reinforcement phase of 2-months will follow to repeat the text messages.

Behavioral: Culturally tailored healthy eating advice

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Control group consisting of general healthy eating advice through daily text messages for 2 months (delivery phase). A reinforcement phase of 2-months will follow to repeat the text messages.

Behavioral: Standard healthy eating advice

Interventions

Culturally tailored healthy eating advice BEHAVIORAL

Culturally-tailored education includes strategies for healthy eating, preferences for traditional healthy foods, recommendations for limiting unhealthy traditional foods, portion sizes, etc.

Intervention

Standard healthy eating advice BEHAVIORAL

Standard healthy eating education includes strategies, foods, portions, and cooking and eating tips for general dietary recommendations

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 25-65 y/o
• Self-reported Hispanic/Latino heritage
• Able to understand and answer questions in Spanish or English
• Living in the Boston, MA metro area for the past 6 months and not planning to move in the next 6 months
• Has a cellphone with the capacity of receiving text messages and gives consent for the Study to text this number as part of the intervention

You may not qualify if:

• Younger than 25y or older than 65y
• Not Hispanic/Latino heritage
• Has condition or impairment that affects mental, cognitive, or memory abilities; such as Alzheimer's disease or stroke
• Has been diagnosed with cancer, diabetes (type 1 or 2), heart condition, major stomach condition (examples: coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke or stroke, allergies, or severe diet restrictions)
• Does not understand Spanish or English
• Pregnant
• Under the care of an institution
• Living in another state outside of Massachusetts or planning to move in less than 6 months
• No cellphone with text capabilities (or cannot be used to receive texts from the Study)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH): lead

Study Sites (1)

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Mattei J, Caballero-Gonzalez A, Maafs-Rodriguez A, Zhang A, O'Neill HJ, Gago C. Lessons learned by adapting and implementing LUCHA: a deep-structure culturally tailored healthy eating randomized pilot intervention for ethnic-diverse Latinos. Front Public Health. 2024 Feb 20;11:1269390. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1269390. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 38445250 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Participants will be unaware of the which educational messages are considered intervention or control. Investigators will not be in contact with participants and will only receive coded data. Outcome assessor will be unaware of treatment allocation of participant.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Donald and Sue Pritzker Associate Professor of Nutrition

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2021
• First Posted: January 26, 2021
• Study Start: April 29, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 22, 2021
• Study Completion: September 22, 2021
• Last Updated: October 26, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
• Time Frame: 1 year
• Access Criteria: The requested data will be shared with investigators via a secured, password-protected software website, upon request.

Locations

US (1)