Culturally Optimized Messages for Latinos

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

In brief

This project aims to redesign and optimize a deep-structure culturally-tailored healthy eating program and test its effectiveness in improving dietary outcomes, anthropometric, and blood pressure among 75 diverse Latinos, compared to surface-level messages.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05589740

Run by

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

People needed

76

Starts

2022-07-13

Expected to finish

2024-05-02

Last updated by the study team

2024-05-03

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• age 25-65 y/o
• self-reported Hispanic/Latino heritage
• able to understand and answer questions in Spanish or English
• living in Massachusetts for the past year and not planning to move in the next year
• having a cellphone with the capacity of receiving and sending text messages and giving consent for the Study to text this number as part of the intervention

You may not qualify if…

• self-reported diagnosis of cancer, diabetes or major stomach or heart condition (e.g.: gastrointestinal cancers, coronary heart disease, previous stroke or heart attack, severe dietary allergies or restrictions)
• planning to move Massachusetts in the next year
• currently pregnant
• institutionalized (i.e.: hospital, prison, etc.).

Where it is running

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

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