Grocery Assistance Program Study for Families
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03363048 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 5, 2017
Last Update Posted : November 10, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Nutritional Quality Food Insecurity Food Legislation Healthy Diet Food Stamp Program | Behavioral: Restricted Behavioral: Restriction plus Incentive | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 646 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Factorial Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Effects of Subsidies and Prohibitions on Household Nutrition in a Food Benefit Program |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 2, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 6, 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 6, 2019 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Restricted |
Behavioral: Restricted
Certain foods and beverages are not allowed to be purchased with food benefit dollars. |
Experimental: Restriction plus Incentive |
Behavioral: Restriction plus Incentive
Certain foods and beverages are not allowed to be purchased with food benefit dollars; 30% of the total dollars spent toward the purchase of certain foods result are added to their food benefit dollars. |
No Intervention: Control |
- Overall Nutritional Quality as measured by the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 score [ Time Frame: 18 weeks ]Overall Nutritional Quality obtained from average intake of three dietary recalls at both baseline and follow-up.
- Total Energy Intake [ Time Frame: 18 weeks ]
- Scores of 3 components (whole fruits, total vegetable, and added sugar) of the HEI-2015 [ Time Frame: 18 weeks ]
- Household food insecurity [ Time Frame: 18 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- SNAP-eligible household
- at least one child between the ages of 3-11
- Less than or equal to 6 people in the household
- Primary food shopper
- Ability and willingness to collect and submit household food purchase receipts for 22 weeks
- Willingness to attend two study visits
- willingness to complete three dietary recalls at both baseline and follow-up
- not planning to apply for SNAP in the next 5 months
- ability to speak and understand either Spanish or English
Exclusion Criteria:
- households that are not SNAP-eligible
- no children in household between the ages of 3-11
- not primary food shopper
- 7 or more people in household
- inability to collect and submit household food purchase receipts for 22 weeks
- unwillingness to comply with study measures
- inability to speak or understand Spanish or English
- planning on applying for SNAP within the next 5 months.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03363048
United States, Minnesota | |
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55454 |
Responsible Party: | University of Minnesota |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03363048 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
STUDY00002037 |
First Posted: | December 5, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 10, 2020 |
Last Verified: | November 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | De-identified data will be placed on the Open Science Framework in compliance with Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) policies. |
Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Informed Consent Form (ICF) Analytic Code |
Time Frame: | Data will be made available upon publication of the primary outcomes manuscript and will be posted indefinitely. |
URL: | https://osf.io/ |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Food restrictions/incentives Food Stamp program Policy change Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) |