Clinical trials: Food Insecurity
Food Insecurity
Improving Food Access in East Flatbush Through a Community Partner Coalition in New York City (NYC)
The objective of this research study is to implement and evaluate a food pantry pilot program to improve access to food and overall diet quality in East Flatbush.
- Trial name
- NCT07078253
- Testing
- Produce box program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Food Insecurity, Depression
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children: Strengthening the Caregiver-Child Story
The main goal of this research is to help families who are experiencing food insecurity (FI) and help mothers with depression. The next goal is to provide other resources to help with household needs like rent or utility…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT05809115
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Chronic Toxic Stress, Developmental/ Behavioral Regression in Young Children
(YMP) Young Moms Program
Young Moms Program (YMP) is designed to address systemic barriers to the health and stability of young moms and their children such as the lack of coordination of service delivery or logistical barriers within the health system.
- Trial name
- YMP (NCT05082857)
- Testing
- "traditional" Parents as Teachers (PAT), "hybrid" PAT model
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Food Insecurity, Caregivers
CommunityRx for Hunger: A Hospital-Based Intervention
The goal of this research program is to reduce health disparities by deploying an information-based intervention to increase caregiver utilization of community-based food supports and satisfaction with care among food insecure…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Caregivers, Clinical Trial, Hunger
- Trial name
- NCT03173794
- Testing
- CommunityRx-H
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Food Insecurity
Fresh Start: Increasing Early Produce Intake
Nearly 22% of children in Philadelphia live in food-insecure (FI) households, often leading to reliance on inexpensive, nutrient-poor foods and associated poor health outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT05153577
- Testing
- Group A: $5 produce box, Group B: $10 produce box
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Obesity, Food Insecurity
Food Environment, Food Insecurity, and Health Behaviors in NH Hispanics
This telephone-based survey included adults of Hispanic/Latino background residing in New Hampshire (NH). Information on food security and access, food environment, and health status and behaviors was collected through validated…
- Trial name
- NCT05424367
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Hampshire
Financial Hardship, Food Insecurity
Economic Mobility Pilot
Research on economic mobility barriers consistently demonstrates that lack of access to jobs that pay living wages and to asset building opportunities coupled with cliff effects across public assistance programs (families losing…
- Conditions
- Financial Hardship, Food Insecurity, Health Status
- Trial name
- NCT05963763
- Testing
- Career Navigator Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Obesity, Nutrition Poor
A Natural Experiment Evaluating the Effect of a Minimum Wage Increase on Obesity and Diet-related Outcomes
To evaluate the effect of the Minneapolis minimum wage ordinance on change in body mass index among low-wage workers.
- Trial name
- wages (NCT03962712)
- Testing
- Increase Minimum Wage to $15-an-hour, No Increase in Minimum Wage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 974 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Obesity, Food Insecurity
Effects of Episodic Food Insecurity in African American Women With Obesity
The objective of this exploratory/developmental study is to investigate the episodic nature of food insecurity as a stressor via responses in body weight and psychological and physiological parameters longitudinally.
- Trial name
- RESPONSES (NCT05076487)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Food Insecurity
Pediatric Parental Feeding Video Education Program
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the acceptability and feasibility of nutrition education videos among food-insecure parents and caregivers of young children (under 8 years old).
- Trial name
- NCT06447766
- Testing
- Feeding Families Your Way Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Food Security
Novel Intervention to Improve Food Insecurity Among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder
The adverse consequences of illicit opioid use (e.g., overdose, premature death) are the focus of intensive research efforts. However, other serious health problems among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) have received…
- Trial name
- NCT06374303
- Testing
- NE + Meal Delivery (NE+MD) intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Food Insecurity, Obesity, Childhood
Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is prevalent in the United States. Defined as unstable and inadequate access to food, food insecurity disproportionately affects low-income households, those with children and those with a Black or Hispanic head…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Obesity, Childhood, Inflammation, Mental Health
- Trial name
- NCT04968496
- Testing
- Food Secure Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Nutritional Quality, Food Insecurity
Grocery Assistance Program Study for Families
An experimental trial will be conducted whereby a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-like food benefit program will be implemented in 240 SNAP eligible households.
- Conditions
- Nutritional Quality, Food Insecurity, Food Legislation, Healthy Diet
- Trial name
- NCT03363048
- Testing
- Restricted, Restriction plus Incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 646 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Food Insecurity, Dietary Quality
Behavioral Economics to Implement Nutrition Ranking in Food Pantries
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to test whether using behavioral economic strategies to promote healthy food choices on a food bank's online ordering platform increases the use of the traffic light nutrition…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Dietary Quality, Behavioral Economics, Implementation Science
- Trial name
- NCT05854212
- Testing
- Behavioral economics-enhanced user interface
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 364 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Food Choice, Implementation Science
Healthy Options At Pantries (HOAP) Study
This study will evaluate a digital nudge intervention, Healthy Options At Pantries (HOAP), in the online food pantries of three large charitable food organizations.
- Conditions
- Food Choice, Implementation Science, Food Insecurity, Diet, Healthy
- Trial name
- HOAP (NCT07729436)
- Testing
- Behavioral economics-based Healthy Options At Pantries (HOAP) digital nudge intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Obesity, Food Habits
Intervention for Women in Costa Rica
The study develops, implements, and evaluates an intervention focused on alleviating discouragement, food insecurity, and excess weight in women,targeted at the individual, family, and community levels in the Canton Central of…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Food Habits, Mental Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03492619
- Testing
- Intensive Intervention, Non-Intensive Intervention
- Where
- Costa Rica
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Dietary Behaviors, Obesity and Overweight
FRESH-EATS Project
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the feasibility of the FRESH-EATS project in children ages 8-12 and their parents/caregivers residing in low-income, predominantly minority neighborhoods.
- Trial name
- FRESH-EATS (NCT07053644)
- Testing
- FRESH-EATS, Lagged Intervention Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
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 Insecurity
Southern California Nutrition Incentive Program
The specific aims of this proposal are to implement SCNIP in 6 Northgate Gonzalez Markets across San Diego, Orange and LA counties (2 in each county), and determine which level of financial incentive rebate (specifically…
- Trial name
- SCNIP (NCT02976389)
- Testing
- Financial Incentive: High, Financial Incentive: Middle, Financial Incentive: Low
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,780 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Food Insecurity, Nutrition Poor
Food as Medicine: Evaluating the Impact of Home-delivered Vegetables and Whole Grains on Diet of Food-insecure Families
Food insecurity predisposes to poor diet, thereby increasing risk for diet-sensitive chronic disease. This trial is to evaluate the impact of a model of weekly home-delivery of locally-grown vegetables along with selected whole…
- Trial name
- FAM (NCT04639687)
- Testing
- Food as Medicine Delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland