An interventional study of Packed Promise Demonstration Benefits in Diet, Healthy, sponsored by USDA Food and Nutrition Service. Completed. Open to participants aged 4 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-03-24.
Sponsored by USDA Food and Nutrition Service · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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.
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.
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Inclusion Criteria:
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.
Other: Packed Promise Demonstration Benefits
Control households (n=2,607) did not receive the treatment benefits but still could participate in other available nutrition assistance programs.
Monthly: Home-delivered food box, nutrition education handout, and $15 monthly voucher for fruits and vegetables
Daily consumed fruits and vegetables
The dietary measures used the food frequency questions developed for the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Dietary Screener Questionnaire. For these questions, parents or guardians were asked how often (per day, per week, or per month) a randomly selected child (age 2 or older) in the household consumed food and beverages from 19 categories during the last 30 days. The National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Dietary Screener Questionnaire data processing and scoring procedures were used to convert parent and caregiver reports of their child's daily, weekly, and monthly consumption into standardized daily amounts. Higher scores indicate higher consumption of the food item.
Time frame: 30 Days
Daily consumed whole grains
The dietary measures used the food frequency questions developed for the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Dietary Screener Questionnaire. For these questions, parents or guardians were asked how often (per day, per week, or per month) a randomly selected child (age 2 or older) in the household consumed food and beverages from 19 categories during the last 30 days. The National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Dietary Screener Questionnaire data processing and scoring procedures were used to convert parent and caregiver reports of their child's daily, weekly, and monthly consumption into standardized daily amounts. Higher scores indicate higher consumption of the food item.
Time frame: 30 Days
Daily consumed added sugars
The dietary measures used the food frequency questions developed for the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Dietary Screener Questionnaire. For these questions, parents or guardians were asked how often (per day, per week, or per month) a randomly selected child (age 2 or older) in the household consumed food and beverages from 19 categories during the last 30 days. The National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Dietary Screener Questionnaire data processing and scoring procedures were used to convert parent and caregiver reports of their child's daily, weekly, and monthly consumption into standardized daily amounts. Higher scores indicate higher consumption of the food item.
Time frame: 30 Days
Food shopping frequency
Number of times went food shopping
Time frame: 30 Days
Type of grocery store used
Types of grocery stores visited to purchase food
Time frame: 30 Days
Distance traveled from home to grocery stores
Distance in miles from home to grocery store where food purchsed
Time frame: 30 Days
Number of family dinners per week
Number of family dinners per week
Time frame: 30 Days
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Plan to share: Yes — Public-use data files are available by request by contacting Michael Burke (michael.burke@usda.gov) or the Office of Policy Support within the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
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