Pilot Subsidized and Culturally-adapted Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program

NYU Langone Health38 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to apply community-engaged methods to refine and implement a culturally adapted systems-level program for improving diet in low income, Chinese American immigrants. Guided by the regular partner engagement, The researchers have organically developed a systems-level program to bring a subsidized community-supported agriculture (CSA) model to the community in a way that is aligned with cultural values, and that includes culturally appropriate produce and nutrition education. This is a single-site proof of concept pilot program that will be evaluated using a pre-post-design.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Diet Habit

Interventions

CSA modelBEHAVIORAL

Community-supported agriculture (CSA) involves a community of individuals who support a farm and in return receive distributions of the farm's produce throughout the growing season. Culturally appropriate produce will be provided in subsidized weekly boxes for 20 weeks to community members at Brooklyn Grange Farm in Sunset Park at a fee of $5, which was determined to be acceptable by community members. Participants that receive SNAP benefits can use their EBT card to cover their $5. Education will be offered in the form of nutrition education, cooking tutorials, and farming information provided by staff at Brooklyn Grange.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 100 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult age 18 years and over * Currently living in Brooklyn * Willing and able to provide consent Exclusion Criteria: • Unable to complete the baseline survey in English, Mandarin, or Cantonese

Locations (1)

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Number of Different Vegetables Consumed

Diet quality will be self-reported via a follow-up survey. The participant is presented with a list of 29 different vegetables - he/she is asked to select all of the vegetables in the list that was consumed in the past month.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 20

Change in Diet Quality - Frequency

Diet quality will be self-reported via a follow-up survey. Frequency (how often vegetables were consumed in the past month) is reported on a Likert scale: 1 = once a month, 2 = two or three times a month, 3 = once a week, 4 = more than once a week.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 20

Change in Diet Quality - Quantity of Serving

Diet quality will be self-reported via a follow-up survey. Quantity of Serving (how much is consumed at a time) is reported on a Likert Scale: 1 = less than ¼ cup, 2 = ¼ to ½ cup, and 3 = more than ½ cup.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 20

Secondary Outcomes

Change in Food Insecurity Score

Food insecurity will be self-reported via a follow-up survey. The survey consists of 2 questions, reported on a Likert scale: 1 = often true, 2 = sometimes true, 3 = never true. The total range of score is 2-6; the higher the score, the lesser the insecurity.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 20

Change in Social Cohesion Score

Social cohesion will be self-reported via a follow-up survey. The survey consists of 3 questions, reported on a Likert scale: 0 = often, 1 = some of the time, 2 = hardly ever, 3 = never. The total score range is 0-9; the higher the score, the greater the sense of social cohesion.

Time frame: Baseline, Week 20

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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