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Behavioural Intervention

Healthy Meal Kits and Cooking Lessons for Food Insecurity Among Children

Portland, ME

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Merelise Ametti, PhD, MPH

Research Sponsored by MaineHealth

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

18 years of age or older

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial aims to see if providing healthy meal kits to food insecure families in rural Maine can reduce the negative impacts of food insecurity on kids and caregivers. The trial will investigate if delivering meal kits to homes

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Who is the study for?

This trial is for families in rural Maine dealing with food insecurity. It's designed to help kids and their caregivers by providing healthy meal kits and cooking lessons via an app. To join, participants must be experiencing food insecurity and have the ability to receive and prepare meals at home.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if delivering dietitian-designed meal kits, along with mobile culinary education, can improve family functioning, reduce caregiver stress, and enhance children's mental health in food-insecure households.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

There are no direct medical side effects from participating in this trial as it involves receiving meal kits and educational support rather than medication or clinical interventions.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am 18 years old or older.

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Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline and 5 weeks

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline and 5 weeks

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline and 5 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

24-Hour Food Recall

Alabama Parenting Questionnaire - Short Form

Child Behavior Checklist

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Secondary study objectives

Adult Self-Report

PROMIS Fatigue Profile

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule

Other study objectives

Demographic Survey

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: ParticipantsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will receive 4 weeks of health meal kits delivered to their homes in addition culinary medicine education via an app. They will also participate in weekly as well as pre-and post-intervention assessments.

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