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The Community Garden Health Block

University of Arkansas · with University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center, Coalition for a Tobacco Free Arkansas · NCT06455215

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–95 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
138
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
July 15, 2025
Record last updated
June 23, 2026

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What the study is about

The goals of this community-based clinical trial are to examine the association between community garden participation and 1) fruit and vegetable intake (primary outcome) and 2) access to healthy food (secondary outcome) among adults aged 18-95 living in low resource communities. Gardens will be randomized to the intervention (n=4 gardens) or control group (delayed intervention, n=3 gardens). Participants will be assigned to one of seven community gardens to receive an 8-week intervention. During the intervention, participants will be asked to volunteer in the garden, participate in garden social activities, participate in healthy cooking demonstrations and educational sessions. Participants will receive educational materials as well. To assess the effects of the intervention, participants will receive a baseline, 8-week, and 6-month survey. Outcome measures will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

Being studied: Community garden activities

Conditions: Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Arkansas resident aged 18-95;
  • live in community within 1 mile radius of a participating garden;
  • speak English;
  • willingness to participate in the garden as a volunteer during the study intervention period;
  • not previously participated in the garden as a volunteer in past 6 months;
  • scores as food insecure on 1 of any of the food security measures (i.e. food did not last, could not eat balanced meal, cut the size or skip meals and frequency at which this happens, eat less than you think you should, were hungry but did not eat);
  • written informed consent;
  • working phone, home address, and email;
  • willingness to complete all survey assessments.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Does not live within 1 mile radius of a participating garden.

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, AR 72205

    Site contact: Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH · 301-802-7735 · pfagan@uams.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH · 301-802-7735 · pfagan@uams.edu
  • Elizabeth Taylor, BA · 501-526-6689 · betaylor@uams.edu
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