This intervention aims to evaluate the efficacy of a pilot educational intervention with deep-structure cultural tailoring for Latino ethnic groups on diet quality compared to general, surface-level healthy-eating messages.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
76
Culturally-tailored education includes strategies for healthy eating, preferences for traditional healthy foods, recommendations for limiting unhealthy traditional foods, portion sizes, etc.
Standard healthy eating education includes strategies, foods, portions, and cooking and eating tips for general dietary recommendations
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Changes in diet quality score
Determine the change in score of short diet quality screener (range 18-54; from lowest to highest quality)
Time frame: 4 months
Changes in diet habits
Determine the change in the frequency of dietary behaviors (percent)
Time frame: 4 months
Changes in diet satisfaction: diet satisfaction scale
Determine the change in the score of the Diet Satisfaction Questionnaire (DSat-45) (range 45-225; from lowest to highest satisfaction) and its summed seven subscales (ranges 5-40
Time frame: 4 months
Changes in attitude for eating: attitudes scale
Determine the change in the score of the attitudes scale (range 0-20; with positive and negative subscales for more attitudes towards healthy eating)
Time frame: 4 months
Changes in reasons for eating: reasons scale
Determine the change in the score of the reasons scale (range 0-15; fewer to more reasons to eat healthy)
Time frame: 4 months
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