Southwest Harvest for Health Vegetable Gardening Intervention

NCT ID: NCT04251299

Last Updated: 2025-03-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-01-17
• Study Completion Date: 2020-12-20

Brief Summary

"Harvest for Health" is a home-based vegetable gardening intervention that pairs cancer survivors with certified master gardeners (MGs) from the Cooperative Extension System, the education and outreach arm of land-grant universities nationwide.

Detailed Description

Few lifestyle behavior change interventions have been successfully translated into practice. Addressing this research-to-practice gap is a significant research and public health priority. "Harvest for Health" is a home-based vegetable gardening intervention that pairs cancer survivors with certified Master Gardeners from the Cooperative Extension System. The parent study was started at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is currently being conducted throughout the entire state of Alabama. Preliminary findings suggest that this intervention increases vegetable consumption and physical activity, and improves physical functioning and health-related quality of life. We propose a feasibility study to adapt this promising program to the multi-cultural population of cancer survivors and for the local context (physical, social, and cultural environment) of New Mexico. We will then implement the adapted program, "Southwest Harvest for Health" and evaluate feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity. The adaptation phase is a critical first step towards widespread dissemination, implementation, and scale-up of an evidence-based intervention.

Conditions

Cancer Survivor

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Single Arm

All participants will receive the 10-month mentored, vegetable gardening intervention

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

home-based, mentored vegetable gardening program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The mentored vegetable gardening program pairs each participant with a certified Master Gardener. The participant/Master Gardener dyads work together to plan, plant and tend to a vegetable garden at the participant's home throughout the year. Gardening supplies, plants and seeds are provided.

Interventions

home-based, mentored vegetable gardening program

The mentored vegetable gardening program pairs each participant with a certified Master Gardener. The participant/Master Gardener dyads work together to plan, plant and tend to a vegetable garden at the participant's home throughout the year. Gardening supplies, plants and seeds are provided.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 50 years or older
• Residing in Bernalillo or Sandoval County, New Mexico
• Diagnosed with an invasive cancer (any type)
• Completed primary treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy)(note: endocrine therapy is allowed)
• Able to read, speak, and understand English (The future larger trial will include Spanish-Speaking participants)
• Not told by a physician to limit physical activity and no pre-existing medical condition(s) that would preclude home gardening, e.g., severe orthopedic conditions, hip or knee replacement surgery within 6 months), end-stage renal disease, paralysis, dementia, blindness, unstable angina, untreated stage 3 hypertension, or recent history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or pulmonary conditions that required oxygen or hospitalization within 6 months.
• Currently not adhering to the recommended number of fruit and vegetable servings per day (consuming fewer than 5 servings of vegetables and fruits/day and not meeting the recommended guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (< 150 minutes/week)
• Reside in a location that can accommodate a 4' x 8' raised garden bed or 4 (29" x 14") garden containers, or adequate (at least 4 hours) of sunlight per day and have access to running water
• No existing or recent (within the past year) experience with vegetable gardening
• Able to participate in the 10-month intervention (all three seasonal gardens; from mid-February through early November 2020)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of New Mexico Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

New Mexico State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of New Mexico

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Cindy Blair, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Cindy K Blair, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of New Mexico

Locations

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

INST UNM 1905

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id