Healthy Eating Education for Latinos

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Conditions studied: Diet, Healthy, Diet Habit, Obesity, Blood Pressure, Psychological

In brief

This intervention aims to evaluate the efficacy of a pilot educational intervention with deep-structure cultural tailoring for Latino ethnic groups on diet quality compared to general, surface-level healthy-eating messages.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04724382

Run by

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

People needed

76

Starts

2019-04-29

Expected to finish

2021-09-22

Last updated by the study team

2023-10-26

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged 25-65 y/o
• Self-reported Hispanic/Latino heritage
• Able to understand and answer questions in Spanish or English
• Living in the Boston, MA metro area for the past 6 months and not planning to move in the next 6 months
• Has a cellphone with the capacity of receiving text messages and gives consent for the Study to text this number as part of the intervention

You may not qualify if…

• Younger than 25y or older than 65y
• Not Hispanic/Latino heritage
• Has condition or impairment that affects mental, cognitive, or memory abilities; such as Alzheimer's disease or stroke
• Has been diagnosed with cancer, diabetes (type 1 or 2), heart condition, major stomach condition (examples: coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke or stroke, allergies, or severe diet restrictions)
• Does not understand Spanish or English
• Pregnant
• Under the care of an institution
• Living in another state outside of Massachusetts or planning to move in less than 6 months
• No cellphone with text capabilities (or cannot be used to receive texts from the Study)

Where it is running

• Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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