Impact of Educational Group Intervention on the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables (fvphc)

September 24, 2010 updated by: UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp

Impact of Educational Group Intervention on the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables by Adult People Attended to Primary Health Care.

The right to food and nutrition is established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as they are basic requirements for promoting and protecting good health. They can also be instruments to evaluate the quality of life of human beings and communities. Awareness of a healthy diet is the first step in behavioral change, and nutritional education can be an instrument for avoiding diseases resulting from both intake deficit and excess. Educational group actions can change food intake. This study will aim at evaluating, planning and implementing the impact of a nutritional education group action concerning the consumption of fruit and vegetables in adult and elderly individuals attended to by a Primary Health Care (PHCU) Unit. It will be a randomized assay involving two groups comprising male and females individuals distributed in the following fashion: Intervention Group, in which the educational group action (EGA) will be performed in addition to routine activities; and Control Group, the individuals from which will only participate in the routine activities in the PHCA (Teaching Health Care Unit). The total sample will comprise 80 individuals with 40 in each group. In order to determine the consumption of fruit and vegetables, a weekday and a Sunday 24-hour recalls will be performed 2 (short-term effects) and 6 (medium-term effects) months after completing the intervention. The educational group activities will consist of two-hour group dynamics and cooking workshops once a week and for five weeks. Serum carotenoid dosages will also be performed in the two groups by sub-sampling (n=40) with the purpose to validate the estimated intake of fruit and vegetables obtained from the recalls.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

80

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Brazil
    • São Paulo
      • Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
        • Sao Paulo State University, Faculty of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 59 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adult healthy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pregnancy, lactation, morbidity

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control
Experimental: Nutritional education
Behavioral: nutritional education group action
The educational group activities will consist of two-hour group dynamics and cooking workshops once a week and for five weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
consumption of fruit and vegetables
Time Frame: Jan 2011
Jan 2011

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Maria Antonieta BL Carvalhaes, PHD, Sao Paulo State University, Faculty of Medicine

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

January 1, 2011

Study Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 30, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 24, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

September 27, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 27, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 24, 2010

Last Verified

September 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • upeclin/HC/FMB-Unesp-48

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