Clinical trials: Food Insecurity
Food Insecurity Among Children, Dietary Modification
The Evaluation of the Summer EBT for Children Demonstration
The Summer Electronic Benefit for Children (SEBTC) demonstration provided food assistance to households with school-aged children during the summer through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) procedures used by the Supplemental…
- Trial name
- SEBTC (NCT02877147)
- Testing
- SEBTC
- Volunteers
- 85,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abt Associates
Food Insecurity, Caregivers
CommunityRx for Hunger: A Hospital-Based Intervention
The goal of this research program is to reduce health disparities by deploying an information-based intervention to increase caregiver utilization of community-based food supports and satisfaction with care among food insecure…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Caregivers, Clinical Trial, Hunger
- Trial name
- NCT03173794
- Testing
- CommunityRx-H
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Obesity
Upgrade the Grains Study: Increasing Whole Grain Consumption in Low-income Children With Obesity
This study will assess the impact of a randomized intervention aimed at increasing consumption of whole grain foods among children from low-income households that participate in the Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or…
- Trial name
- NCT02719730
- Testing
- Reimbursement for whole grain purchases
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Premature Birth, Birth Weight
Fresh RX: NHS 2020
This study is an evaluation of the Fresh Rx: Nourishing Healthy Starts program administered by Operation Food Search, a St. Louis-based nonprofit organization.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Birth Weight, Post Partum Depression, Health Care Utilization
- Trial name
- NCT04845230
- Testing
- FreshRx Nourishing Healthy Starts
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Tavua, Fiji
Ambient air temperatures in Fiji are increasing due to climate change. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT07592117
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Fiji
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Diet, Food and Nutrition
Effects of an Educational Planetary Plate Graphic on Meat Consumption
The objective of this research was to determine if adding a plate graphic depicting the components of the Eat Lancet Planetary Health diet (Figure 1) to food labels in Stanford University dining halls would lead to dining hall…
- Trial name
- NCT05565859
- Testing
- Planetary Health Plate signage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 957 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Pregnancy Related, Food Insecurity
Nourishing Beginnings: Addressing Food Insecurity During Pregnancy
This is a pilot project designed to test the feasibility of implementing a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention to improve nutritious food access and consumption among pregnant people and to evaluate the effectiveness…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Food Insecurity, Premature Birth, Pregnancy Complications
- Trial name
- NCT05341960
- Testing
- Food Delivery, Financial Support
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Food Insecurity, Implementation Science
Behavioral Economics to Implement a Traffic Light Nutrition Ranking System: Study 2
This is a cluster randomized controlled trial of 30 food pantries affiliated with the Greater Boston Food Bank to test the use of behavioral economics (BE) tools to encourage food pantries to implement the Supporting Wellness at…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Implementation Science, Diet, Healthy, Behavioral Economics
- Trial name
- BeWell (NCT06298253)
- Testing
- Behavioral economics-enhanced SWAP implementation, Basic SWAP implementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Obesity, Food Habits
Intervention for Women in Costa Rica
The study develops, implements, and evaluates an intervention focused on alleviating discouragement, food insecurity, and excess weight in women,targeted at the individual, family, and community levels in the Canton Central of…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Food Habits, Mental Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03492619
- Testing
- Intensive Intervention, Non-Intensive Intervention
- Where
- Costa Rica
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Food Choice, Implementation Science
Healthy Options At Pantries (HOAP) Study
This study will evaluate a digital nudge intervention, Healthy Options At Pantries (HOAP), in the online food pantries of three large charitable food organizations.
- Conditions
- Food Choice, Implementation Science, Food Insecurity, Diet, Healthy
- Trial name
- HOAP (NCT07729436)
- Testing
- Behavioral economics-based Healthy Options At Pantries (HOAP) digital nudge intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Food Insecurity, Nutrition Poor
Food as Medicine: Evaluating the Impact of Home-delivered Vegetables and Whole Grains on Diet of Food-insecure Families
Food insecurity predisposes to poor diet, thereby increasing risk for diet-sensitive chronic disease. This trial is to evaluate the impact of a model of weekly home-delivery of locally-grown vegetables along with selected whole…
- Trial name
- FAM (NCT04639687)
- Testing
- Food as Medicine Delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Hunger, Child Nutrition Disorders
Food for Thought: Food Insecurity Screening in the Emergency Department
This study compares food insecurity disclosure rates in face-to-face interviews versus electronic formats, and explores caregiver preferences regarding screening modality and location, in a large, urban pediatric emergency…
- Trial name
- NCT03656146
- Testing
- Food Insecurity Screening Tablet, Food Insecurity Screening Verbal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,818 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - NV
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHNV (NCT04253743)
- Testing
- Nevada Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Demonstration Benefits
- Volunteers
- 7,246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Hunger, Child Development
Building Wealth and Health Network: A Microfinance/TANF Demonstration Project
The goals of the The Building Wealth and Health Network (The Network) are to develop and rigorously test an asset building model that will build financial, social and human capital through asset building, financial education and…
- Conditions
- Hunger, Child Development, Social Isolation
- Trial name
- NCT02577705
- Testing
- Self Empowerment Groups, Financial Empowerment, Matched Savings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Hunger-Free Communities
Food Insecurity
Improving Health Outcomes Through Investigations of Wabanaki Food Systems in Maine
Wabanaki ancestral lands historically provided abundant resources, allowing Wabanaki people to rely exclusively on hunting, fishing, and gathering for all their subsistence needs.
- Trial name
- NCT07561593
- Testing
- Upscaling the Wabanaki Mobile Food Pantry Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness
Food Insecurity, Depression
Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
The main goal of this research is to help mothers with depression and anxiety to cope and bond with their baby. The next goal is to provide resources to help with household needs like food, rent, or utility assistance, health…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Depression, Anxiety, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT07101757
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Food Insecurity, HIV
PostNAPS: FI, Nutrition, and Psychosocial Health Among Women of Mixed HIV Status and Their Infants in Gulu, Uganda
PostNAPs was a continuation of the PreNAPs study. 246 women were enrolled in the postnatal period with the primary scientific objective of determining whether food insecurity was an independent risk factor for poor maternal…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, HIV, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition
- Trial name
- PostNAPS (NCT02925429)
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Food Insecurity
Implementing Food Referrals for Equity and Sustained Health
Food insecurity (FI) disproportionately affects those who have been historically marginalized and significantly contributes to poor health outcomes.
- Trial name
- I-FRESH (NCT06661538)
- Testing
- Food Security Screening & Referral Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Food Selection, Obesity
A Default Option for Health: Improving Nutrition Within the Financial and Geographic Constraints of Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is associated with an increased risk of obesity. The availability of a default option (i.e., option a consumer selects if no active choice is made) has been shown to effectively nudge consumer behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT04186533
- Testing
- Default Option, Nutrition Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University at Albany
Food Insecurity
Diet, Nutrient Status, and Food Insecurity
Arkansas has one of the highest rates for food insecurity and 27.7% of children in the University of Arkansas area are food insecure.
- Trial name
- NCT03412825
- Testing
- Egg supplementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville