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A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina

North Carolina State University · with East Carolina University · NCT07221045

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 8–64 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
30
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 18, 2025
Record last updated
October 27, 2025

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What the study is about

Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease. Yet, while diet is modifiable, numerous barriers exist for lower-resourced families to engage in healthy dietary behaviors. In particular, rural families face structural and systemic disparities, such as inadequate access to affordable healthy food. Thus, this project. Thus, this study, PhytoRx Families, an innovative produce prescription (Prx) program, addresses health disparities in rural North Carolina (NC). This project will pilot test and explore the impact of PhytoRx Families (PhtyoRxF) on nutrition-related, health-related, and healthcare utilization outcomes.

Being studied: PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test to Address Food Security in Rural North Carolina

Conditions: Diet, Healthy; Health Behavior; Blood Pressure; Diabetes Mellitus Risk; Utilization, Health Care

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Fluent in English or Spanish (speaking, reading, writing)
  • An adult (18 years of age or older) who's a parent or caregiver of a child ages 8 to 14 years old or a child ages 8 to 14 years old
  • Served at participating clinic in a county where the program is being implemented (Goldsboro Pediatrics, Bertie County Rural Health Association, and Roanoke Chowan Community Health in Bertie, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, or Wayne Counties)
  • Living in a county where the program is being implemented (Bertie, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, or Wayne Counties)
  • Free living to the extent they are able to receive and use a box of fresh produce and participate in direct nutrition education classes
  • Willing and able to provide written consent and participate in all study activities.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Adults not at risk of food insecurity
  • Adults, who are not parents nor caregivers of a child 8 to 14 years
  • Adults who do not want to or could not fully participate (e.g., an adult family member with advanced kidney disease with severe dietary restrictions).

Recruiting US locations

  • North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, NC 27695

    Site contact: Basheerah Enahora, PhD · 9195159125 · benahor@ncsu.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Basheerah Enahora, PhD · 9195159125 · benahor@ncsu.edu
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