Weekly Family Food Packages: Food is Medicine

NCT ID: NCT05640414

Last Updated: 2025-04-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

132 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-02-01

Study Completion Date

2025-03-03

Brief Summary

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The specific aims and objectives of this proposal are to:

1. Evaluate a food pantry's weekly food distribution impact on behavioral, social and health outcomes in families.
2. In a subset of families with a child aged 6-17 years, test a pilot intervention offering the following components, with a goal of improving family behavioral, social and health outcomes:

1. Weekly family food packages from the Revere Food Pantry
2. 6-Monthly group sessions that include information on healthy behaviors, chronic disease management and teaching families how to prepare simple recipes based on the food they receive that week from the food pantry.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Food Insecurity Overweight Obesity Cardiometabolic Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Weekly Family Food Packages

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Weekly Family Food Packages

Intervention Type OTHER

Families receive weekly family food packages for 6 months

Family Health Group Sessions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Weekly Family Food Packages

Intervention Type OTHER

Families receive weekly family food packages for 6 months

Family Health Group Sessions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Families with children aged 6-17 years attend 6 monthly group sessions with cooking demonstrations

Interventions

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Weekly Family Food Packages

Families receive weekly family food packages for 6 months

Intervention Type OTHER

Family Health Group Sessions

Families with children aged 6-17 years attend 6 monthly group sessions with cooking demonstrations

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Referral to the food pantry


\- Family has a child aged 6-17 years

Exclusion Criteria

\- Not able to speak English or Spanish
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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American Academy of Pediatrics

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ardmore Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vitamix Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lauren G. Fiechtner, M.D.

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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MGH Revere HealthCare Center

Revere, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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2022P002892

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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