Actively Recruiting
Delivering Food Resources & Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) to Adults With Food Insecurity and Hypertension
Led by Indiana University · Updated on 2026-02-05
200
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
223 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
I
Indiana University
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the impact of a home-delivered foods and kitchen skills program on health and nutrition in adults with high blood pressure and food insecurity. Researchers will compare Food Resources \& Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) and Enhanced Usual Care (EUC) to evaluate the effects on mean systolic blood pressure (SPB), HbA1c, food security and nutrition. Participants will complete 24-hr blood pressure monitoring, standard blood pressure measurements, weight, finger stick for A1c point-of-care testing, and questionnaires.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Delivering Food Resources & Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) to Adults With Food Insecurity and Hypertension
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Fluent in English
- Resident of Marion County
- Age between 35 and 75 years
- Systolic blood pressure of 120 mm Hg or higher within the past 12 months
- Ability to see and read street signs (self-reported)
- Stable housing with independent access to a kitchen including functional stove or hotplate, oven, refrigerator, and freezer (self-reported)
- Independent in daily activities with minimal assistance needed
- Food insecurity indicated by specific USDA survey responses or current food assistance status
- Normal cognition based on a six-item screener (score of 5 or higher)
- Average systolic blood pressure of 120 mm Hg or higher from 3 standard measurements by research staff
You will not qualify if you...
- Living in a nursing home
- Diagnosis of dementia, Alzheimer disease, mild cognitive impairment, Parkinson disease, brain tumor, brain infection, or brain surgery within last 10 years with lasting symptoms
- Diagnosis of psychosis, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder
- Certain heart and kidney diseases identified by ICD 10 codes I11, I12, I13, I15, or I16
- Alcohol intake of 8 or more drinks per week for women, or 15 or more drinks per week for men
- Drug use or abuse excluding marijuana
- Planning to move out of the area during the study
- Scheduling conflicts with the intervention
- Unwillingness to use a touchscreen device
- Unwillingness to participate in video conferencing
- Low communication ability or functional status interfering with study participation
- Unable to provide informed consent
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
D
Daniel O Clark, PhD
CONTACT
L
Lyndsi R Moser, BA, CCRP
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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