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

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

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07221045

Run by

North Carolina State University

People needed

30

Starts

2025-04-18

Expected to finish

2026-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-27

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

• 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).

Where it is running

• North Carolina State University — Raleigh, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)

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