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Systems Science Approaches to Improve Access to Healthier Foods: The FRESH Trial
Led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Updated on 2025-05-30
756
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
178 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
J
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lead Sponsor
G
George Washington University
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Working with independently owned restaurants, a common source of calorie-rich, nutrient-poor foods in predominantly minority, low-income urban neighborhoods, has the potential to improve dietary quality, and contribute to cancer prevention. This study uses systems science approaches to improve access to healthier foods in independently owned restaurants by: 1) testing the effects of a novel intervention called FRESH (Focus on Restaurant Engagement to Strengthen Health) on dietary quality, health indicators and other outcomes in African American and Latin communities, and 2) developing a system dynamics model to allow stakeholders to virtually test FRESH strategies in their own communities. The resulting restaurant intervention simulation model offers potential cost savings from avoided trial-and-error testing, and will support community-based cancer prevention.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Systems Science Approaches to Improve Access to Healthier Foods: The FRESH Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adult aged 18 to 75 years
- Regular customer of the specified restaurant, visiting at least once per week
- Living in a household with at least two people
- Current resident of the study neighborhoods in Baltimore or Washington, DC metro area
You will not qualify if you...
- Planning to move out of Baltimore or Washington, DC metro area within the next 18 months
- Currently pregnant
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
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Research Team
J
Joel Gittlesohn, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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