Recruiting

Nutrition Education

Sponsor:

Purdue University

Code:

NCT05196763

Conditions

Nutrition, Healthy

Hunger

Diet, Healthy

Food Habits

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 5+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education

Study Details

Brief summary:

Food insecurity and low diet quality are persistent problems linked with chronic disease and poor health among limited-resource children and adults using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). We have shown nutrition education via adult-focused, direct SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed) improved household food security by 25% but not adult dietary quality among SNAP-eligible households using a randomized, controlled, longitudinal SNAP-Ed intervention in Indiana. Households experiencing food insecurity often reserve food considered "healthful" for children, so child dietary quality improvement may precede that observed among adults when household food security improves. This study will determine the effect of adult-focused direct SNAP-Ed on child dietary quality and household food security using a longitudinal randomized, controlled SNAP-Ed intervention. Assessment will include repeated 24-hour dietary recalls to determine usual intake, the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module, and behavior data from before and after the 10-week "intervention period," and 1 year later, after which the control group will receive the intervention. Low-income participants (n=275) from Indiana will be recruited following SNAP-Ed protocol. Results of the study will inform the creation of supplementary on-demand SNAP-Ed educational material focused on improving healthful dietary intake for children and adults in situations of food insecurity in households with children. Education on modeling healthy attitudes and behaviors, planning and preparing family meals, and dietary shortfalls as informed by the results and previous evidence will be included and evaluated. The study aligns with the goals of USDA to increase food security and this RFP to improve healthful behaviors, food quality and nutrition.

Conditions

Nutrition, Healthy

Hunger

Diet, Healthy

Food Habits

Study ID

NCT05196763

Start date

Nov 1, 2022

Status verified date

May, 2025

Completion date

Dec, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 5+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • households in Indiana
  • households with children
  • English speaking
  • eligible to receive SNAP (≥18 years and household income at or below 130% of the poverty guideline)
  • willing to allow a child 5-18 years to participate
  • willing to participate in the study and wait 1 year to receive SNAP-Ed

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not have received SNAP-Ed lessons in the past year
  • not pregnant or lactating (due to inherent dietary changes)

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education

This group will receive the core content of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education over the 10-week "intervention period".

no intervention: Control

This group will not receive the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education during the "intervention period" nor throughout the study (1 year).

Interventions

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education is federal nutrition education provided in all U.S. states to the SNAP-eligible population.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in food security from baseline to 12 months [ Time Frame: food security of the previous 12 months at baseline and 12 months later ]
  • Change in dietary quality from baseline to 12 months [ Time Frame: Two 24-hour dietary recalls on two non-consecutive days at baseline and 12 months later ]
  • Change in usual dietary intake of food groups and nutrients [ Time Frame: Two 24-hour dietary recalls on two non-consecutive days at baseline and 12 months later ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Heather Eicher-Miller

7654946815heicherm@purdue.edu

Locations

Heather Eicher-Miller

Recruiting

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 47907

Contacts

Heather A Eicher-Miller, PhD

7654946815heicherm@purdue.edu

Principal Investigator:

Heather A Eicher-Miller, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Purdue University

Last update posted

May 31, 2025

Last verified

May, 2025

Keywords

  • food security
  • food insecurity
  • dietary quality
  • nutrition

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Purdue University on 2025-05-31.