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Impact of a Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program on Diet Quality and Psychosocial Well-being Among Low-income Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Food coupons and Nutrition skill-building for Diet, Healthy and Health Risk Behaviors. Completed, enrolled 285 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The British Columbia (BC) Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program (FMNCP) provides low-income households with $21/week in coupons to purchase healthy foods at farmers' markets and supportive nutrition skill-building activities. This randomized controlled trial will assess the impact of the BC FMNCP on the overall diet quality (primary outcome), diet quality subscores, mental well-being, sense of community, experiences of food insecurity, risk of malnutrition (secondary outcomes) and subjective social status (exploratory outcome) of low-income adults immediately post-intervention and 16 weeks post-intervention.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Participants will receive 16 coupon sheets (each sheet contains $21 in coupons) over 10-15 weeks (households with 5-8 individuals will receive 32 coupon sheets) to purchase fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat/poultry/fish, eggs, nuts, and cut herbs at participating BC farmers' markets.
Participants will be invited to participate in nutrition skill-building activities throughout the intervention period. To be consistent with the real-world program, the frequency and types of skill-building activities offered will vary by community partner, and participation is not required.