Clinical trials: Food Security
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - VA
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHVA (NCT04218747)
- Testing
- VA 365 Demonstration Benefits
- Volunteers
- 4,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Feasibility Studies, Food Security
Healthy Food Subsidy Project in Chile
Feasibility Study Objective: The objective of this feasibility study is to develop and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a healthy food subsidy program within the Chilean context.
- Trial name
- NCT06865157
- Testing
- Healthy Wallet
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
Cardio Vascular Disease, Cerebro Vascular Disease
Qungasvik (Toolbox)-Healthy Hearts: A Cultural Approach to Reducing Chronic Disease Risk
Due to the extreme remoteness, transportation challenges, and lack of access to clinical care, the delivery of preventative health interventions in rural Alaska Native communities is a top tribal priority.
- Conditions
- Cardio Vascular Disease, Cerebro Vascular Disease, Mental Health, Chronic Disease (Physical)
- Trial name
- AK CEAL EI (NCT07829341)
- Testing
- Qungasvik-Healthy Hearts
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - KY
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHKY (NCT04283344)
- Testing
- KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits
- Volunteers
- 4,504 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Food Insecurity, Pregnancy Related
Food and Nutrition Insecurity During Pregnancy in French Guiana
This is a cross-sectional study of a representative sample of women who gave birth in the 3 maternity hospitals of French Guiana.
- Trial name
- NutriPouTiMoun (NCT05653128)
- Where
- 3 sites in French Guiana
- Volunteers
- 788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Breast Feeding, Infant Nutrition
Feeding My Baby - A National WIC Study
The goal of the study is to be a current examination of infant and toddler feeding practices among families receiving WIC services.
- Conditions
- Breast Feeding, Infant Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Infant Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT02031978
- Volunteers
- 4,367 people
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Nutrition, Healthy, Hunger
Maximizing Nutrition Education to Meet Dietary and Food Security of Children and Parents
Food insecurity and low diet quality are persistent problems linked with chronic disease and poor health among limited-resource children and adults using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Healthy, Hunger, Diet, Healthy, Food Habits
- Trial name
- NCT05196763
- Testing
- the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Food Supply
Scale up of Enhanced Homestead Food Production in Cambodia
This project is a delayed pragmatic delayed-intervention cluster randomized control study in a subset of households (n=600) enrolled in a larger scale up program of enhanced homestead food production (EHFP) in Cambodia.
- Trial name
- NCT02786368
- Testing
- Control group, EHFP group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,318 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Diabetes, Obesity
Project Powerfood: Promoting Food Security, Equity, and Health
Project Powerfood is a pilot program aimed at addressing food insecurity and food access in primary care through the implementation of a food prescription program in collaboration with a number of community partners.
- Trial name
- NCT03246997
- Testing
- Autumn Group, Spring Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders
Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity
The goals of this study are to 1) pilot the feasibility of a novel meal kit delivery intervention in families and children with food insecurity and obesity and 2) evaluate the implementation of the pilot intervention.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders, Overnutrition, Child, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05586269
- Testing
- Meal Kit Delivery, Newsletter + Food Pantry Referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Food Security, Poverty
Sustainability of Impacts of Cash Transfers, Food Transfers, and Behavior Change Communication in Bangladesh
This study assesses the sustainability of impacts, 4 years post-program, from a pilot safety net program that was implemented from May 2012-April 2014.
- Conditions
- Food Security, Poverty, Child Nutrition, Child Development
- Trial name
- TMRI (NCT03810300)
- Testing
- Cash transfer, Food transfer, Food and cash transfer
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Food Security
WFP Cash, Food, and Voucher Study in Ecuador
This evaluation is part of a five country project to evaluate the benefits and costs of the use of two alternatives to food transfers: vouchers and cash (hereafter referred to as "alternative modalities").
- Trial name
- NCT02526147
- Testing
- Cash, Voucher, Food
- Volunteers
- 2,580 people
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Food Insecurity
Impact of Healthy Food Subsidies on Diet Quality and Food Security
The British Columbia Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program (FMNCP) provides lower-income households with coupons to purchase healthy foods at farmers' markets.
- Trial name
- NCT06992947
- Testing
- Healthy food subsidy: $27/household/week, Healthy food subsidy: $54/household/week, Healthy food subsidy: $81/household/week
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 538 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Malnutrition, Child, Obesity
Keiki (Pediatric) Produce Prescription (KPRx) Program Hawaii
Children living in food-insecure homes, defined as at some time during the last year their household not having enough food, money, or resources to feed the family experience low intake of fresh fruits and vegetables (FV), and a…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Obesity, Food Selection, Nutrition Poor
- Trial name
- KPRxHawaii (NCT05442424)
- Testing
- Produce Voucher, Wait-List Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
Child Malnutrition, Breast Feeding
Community-based Nutrition Program Effectiveness Evaluation in Afghanistan
The study will be a mixed methods, two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial. The primary aim of this evaluation is to measure the effectiveness of the Community-Based Nutrition Package intervention on child feeding practices…
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Breast Feeding, Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT04133766
- Testing
- Community Based Nutrition Package (CNBP)
- Where
- 3 sites in Afghanistan
- Volunteers
- 4,076 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - NV
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHNV (NCT04253743)
- Testing
- Nevada Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Demonstration Benefits
- Volunteers
- 7,246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Integrated Community-based Intervention Package, Breastfeeding, Exclusive
An Integrated Community-based Intervention Package in Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes
This study aims to improve maternal, neonatal and infant health outcomes through an integrated community-based intervention package in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.
- Conditions
- Integrated Community-based Intervention Package, Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Morbidity;Newborn, Complementary Feeding
- Trial name
- ICBIP-MNH) (NCT05517577)
- Testing
- Behaviour Change Communication and Male involvement intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 624 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Nutritional Wasting, Nutritional Stunting
Ifaa Effectiveness Evaluation on Food Security and Nutrition
The Ifaa Project is a USAID-funded Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA) that is being implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and partners in the East Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia.
- Trial name
- NCT05825716
- Testing
- Ifaa Basic, Ifaa Enhanced, Ifaa Enhanced + Livelihoods
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 3,317 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Improving Pre-school Anthropometric Status, Improving Household Food Security
Transfer Modality Research Initiative - Bangladesh
This is a randomized control trial in two zones of Bangladesh (north and south). Treatment is assigned at the village level where treatments are: cash transfers (north and south); cash transfers + nutrition behavior communication…
- Conditions
- Improving Pre-school Anthropometric Status, Improving Household Food Security, Improving Maternal Nutrition Knowledge
- Trial name
- TMRI (NCT02237144)
- Testing
- Cash transfer, Food transfer, Food and cash transfer
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding, Exclusive
Parkdale Infant Nutrition Security Targeted Evaluation Project: Infant Feeding
In Toronto Ontario, the Parkdale Community Health Centre operates a community outreach program entitled Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's).
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Infant Nutrition, Vulnerable Population
- Trial name
- PINSTEP-3 (NCT03400605)
- Testing
- Infant feeding questionnaire
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 203 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto