PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test Study to Address Food Security and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Rural North Carolina
North Carolina State University
Summary
Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease. Yet, while diet is modifiable, numerous barriers exist for lower-resourced families to engage in healthy dietary behaviors. In particular, rural families face structural and systemic disparities, such as inadequate access to affordable healthy food. Thus, this project. Thus, this study, PhytoRx Families, an innovative produce prescription (Prx) program, addresses health disparities in rural North Carolina (NC). This project will pilot test and explore the impact of PhytoRx Families (PhtyoRxF) on nutrition-related, health-related, and healthcare utilization outcomes.
Description
Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease. Yet, while diet is modifiable, numerous barriers exist for lower-resourced families to engage in healthy dietary behaviors. In particular, rural families face structural and systemic inequities, such as inadequate access to affordable healthy food. Thus, this project, PhytoRx Families, an innovative produce prescription (Prx) program, will address health disparities in rural North Carolina (NC). T…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 8–64 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Fluent in English or Spanish (speaking, reading, writing) * An adult (18 years of age or older) who's a parent or caregiver of a child ages 8 to 14 years old or a child ages 8 to 14 years old * Served at participating clinic in a county where the program is being implemented (Goldsboro Pediatrics, Bertie County Rural Health Association, and Roanoke Chowan Community Health in Bertie, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, or Wayne Counties) * Living in a county where the program is being implemented (Bertie, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, or Wayne Counties) * Free living to the ext…
Interventions
- OtherPhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test to Address Food Security in Rural North Carolina
This project will pilot test and explore the impact of PhytoRx Families (PhtyoRxF) on nutrition-related, health-related, and healthcare utilization outcomes among n=30 adults and school-aged children (adult-child dyads; children 8-14 year olds, 2nd-9th grade).
Location
- North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina