Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

4750 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-29

Study Completion Date

2018-02-28

Brief Summary

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The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity. Demonstration projects were funded in Chickasaw Nation, Kentucky, Navajo Nation, Nevada, and Virginia. This study focuses on Chickasaw Nation and the diet quality of child participants.

School districts were matched, and then one was randomly assigned to either a treatment (n=20) or control group (n=20). Treatment households received one food box per eligible child, per month, delivered to the household, which contained (1) shelf-stable foods, including 6 protein-rich items, 2 dairy items, 4 grain foods, 4 cans of fruit, and 12 cans of vegetables; (2) a nutrition education handout (e.g., a recipe); and (3) a $15 Fresh Check for frozen or fresh fruits and vegetables that participants could redeem at any of 38 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-authorized stores or farmers' markets in the study counties. Control households did not receive the treatment benefits but still could participate in other available nutrition assistance programs.

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Detailed Description

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Objective: To reduce childhood food insecurity and hunger, increase families' consumption of nutritious foods, increase the diversity of foods in the home, and ultimately improve diet quality and well-being among children.

Target Population: 40 school districts (115 schools) in 12 counties within the Chickasaw Nation territory in Oklahoma. Within these districts, households with school-age children (both Native American and non-Native American) who were eligible for free school meals or attended a school that participated in the community eligibility provision were eligible to participate in the project.

Intervention School districts were matched, and then one was randomly assigned to either a treatment (n=20) or control group (n=20). Treatment households received one food box per eligible child, per month, delivered to the household, which contained (1) shelf-stable foods, including 6 protein-rich items, 2 dairy items, 4 grain foods, 4 cans of fruit, and 12 cans of vegetables; (2) a nutrition education handout (e.g., a recipe); and (3) a $15 Fresh Check for frozen or fresh fruits and vegetables that participants could redeem at any of 38 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-authorized stores or farmers' markets in the study counties. Control households did not receive the treatment benefits but still could participate in other available nutrition assistance programs.

Conditions

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Diet, Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Packed Promise Demonstration Benefits

Treatment households (n=2,143) received one food box per eligible child, per month, delivered to the household, which contained (1) shelf-stable foods, including 6 protein-rich items, 2 dairy items, 4 grain foods, 4 cans of fruit, and 12 cans of vegetables; (2) a nutrition education handout (e.g., a recipe); and (3) a $15 Fresh Check for frozen or fresh fruits and vegetables that participants could redeem at any of 38 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-authorized stores or farmers' markets in the study counties.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Packed Promise Demonstration Benefits

Intervention Type OTHER

Monthly: Home-delivered food box, nutrition education handout, and $15 monthly voucher for fruits and vegetables

Control Group

Control households (n=2,607) did not receive the treatment benefits but still could participate in other available nutrition assistance programs.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Packed Promise Demonstration Benefits

Monthly: Home-delivered food box, nutrition education handout, and $15 monthly voucher for fruits and vegetables

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 40 school districts (115 schools) in 12 counties within the Chickasaw Nation territory in Oklahoma.
* Within these districts, households with school-age children (both Native American and non-Native American) who were eligible for free National School Lunch Program meals or attended a school that participated in the community eligibility provision were eligible to participate in the project.

Minimum Eligible Age

4 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes