Status:
COMPLETED
A Trial of Behavioral Economic Interventions Among Food Pantry Clients
Lead Sponsor:
Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Collaborating Sponsors:
Massachusetts General Hospital
University of Connecticut
Conditions:
Food Preferences
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Obesity, unhealthy dietary habits, and food insecurity are major public health concerns, especially affecting individuals living in poverty. Food pantries, which provide free food to those in need, ar...
Detailed Description
The primary objective of this proposal is to evaluate the influence of a web-based behavioral economic intervention compared to a control group on the following outcomes among food pantry clients: 1) ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- ≥18 years old
- primary grocery shopper for the family
- a regular in-person client at the food pantry (i.e., shops at pantry ≥ 1 per month)
- able to use the web-based touchscreen ordering system
- able to use a blood pressure cuff and scale provided to them for taking blood pressure and weight
- able to come outside their home for 5 minutes for the Veggie Meter measurement
Exclusion
- \<18 years old
- not the primary grocery shopper for the family
- not a regular client at the food pantry (i.e., shops at pantry \< 1 per month)
- not able to use the web-based touchscreen ordering system
- not able to use a blood pressure cuff and scale provided to them for taking blood pressure and weight
- not able to come outside their home for 5 minutes for the Veggie Meter measurement
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 5 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 21 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
286 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04011384
Start Date
July 5 2019
End Date
December 21 2022
Last Update
February 29 2024
Active Locations (1)
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104