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An Intervention Targeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Youth

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Virginia Commonwealth University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01412697
First received: August 3, 2011
Last updated: January 30, 2012
Last verified: January 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

The investigators implemented a theory-based randomized controlled trial in ten rural Virginia middle schools in 2008-2010 and assessed the impact on health behaviors including fruit/vegetable intake as a primary outcome. Schools were randomized to intervention or control groups. Goal setting, peer leaders, and in-class workshops were intervention features. Seventh graders filled out surveys on health behaviors, psycho-social variables, and demographic characteristics. The investigators expected schools receiving the intervention to report a higher fruit-vegetable intake compared to control schools where students received standard health information. Sample (n=1,119) was 48.5% female, 50% White, with a mean age of 12.6 years. Fruit/vegetable intake was significantly higher in intervention schools at immediate post and at 1-year follow-up compared to controls.


Condition Intervention
Imbalance of Constituents of Food Intake
 Behavioral: Fruit and vegetable intake in rural youth

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Youth Following a School-based Randomized Controlled Trial

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Healthy Living
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Virginia Commonwealth University:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Fruit and vegetable intake [ Time Frame: Up to one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    We surveyed students on fruit/vegetable intake at baseline, immediate post intervention and 1 year follow-up


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Confidence to increase fruit and vegetable intake [ Time Frame: Up to one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    We surveyed students on their confidence in increasing their daily servings of fruit and vegetalbes.


Enrollment: 1119
Study Start Date: September 2008
Study Completion Date: November 2010
Primary Completion Date: June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Behavioral: Fruit and vegetable intake in rural youth
    A theory based health behavior intervention, developed for youth is presented to seventh grade youth over 8 weeks to test their improvement in their intake of fruits and vegetables.
  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 7 grade youth
  • attending participating middle schools

Exclusion Criteria:

  • In grades other than 7th grade
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01412697

Locations
United States, Virginia
Nottoway Middle School
Nottoway, Virginia, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
Virginia Commonwealth University
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Steven Danish, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University
  More Information

No publications provided by Virginia Commonwealth University

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Responsible Party: Virginia Commonwealth University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01412697     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: #8520369
Study First Received: August 3, 2011
Last Updated: January 30, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Virginia Commonwealth University:
Rural youth
Theory-based intervention
Randomized by schools
Fruit and vegetable intake
Health classes

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013