The Value of Our Health

November 16, 2015 updated by: Guadalupe X. Ayala, San Diego State University

El Valor de Nuestra Salud (The Value of Our Health)

El Valor de Nuestra Salud [The Value of Our Health] is a 5-year study (2010-2014) involving grocery stores in San Diego County funded by the National Cancer Institute. The purpose of the study is to determine whether an in-store program can promote healthy foods through grocery stores. Sixteen stores in San Diego County will participate in El Valor de Nuestra Salud. The stores that participate in this study will be randomly assigned to either the intervention (program and evaluation) or control (evaluation only) group. We will test various strategies to promote healthy food shopping among customers of small-to-medium size Latino/Hispanic grocery stores. These strategies include changes to the store environment, food marketing efforts, and training of sales associates. Our evaluation protocol will determine whether the project is successful at improving aspects of the store and the employees, as well as whether customers shop for and eat healthier food products. The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of the El Valor de Nuestra Salud intervention on consumption of fruits and vegetables among store customers.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

El Valor de Nuestra Salud [The Value of Our Health] is a 5-year study (2010-2014) involving grocery stores in San Diego County funded by the National Cancer Institute. The purpose of the study is to determine whether an in-store program can promote healthy foods through grocery stores. Sixteen stores in San Diego County participated in El Valor de Nuestra Salud. The stores that participated in this study were randomly assigned to either the intervention (program and evaluation) or control (evaluation only) group. We tested various strategies to promote healthy food shopping among customers of small-to-medium size Latino/Hispanic grocery stores. These strategies included changes to the store environment, food marketing efforts, and training of sales associates. Our evaluation protocol is designed to determine whether the project was successful at improving aspects of the store and the employees, as well as whether customers shop for and eat healthier food products. Customers were recruited as they enter the store to participate in project interviews and objective weight measures at baseline, 6-months post-baseline, and 12-months post-baseline. The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of the El Valor de Nuestra Salud intervention on consumption of fruits and vegetables among store customers.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

370

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

  • United States
    • California
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92123
        • San Diego State University Research Foundation

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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Must be one of the main food shoppers of the household
  • Must shop at study store at least once per week
  • Must already be a purchaser of food products from this store
  • Must be Latino
  • Must speak Spanish and/or English
  • Must be able to read in Spanish
  • Must eat 4 or less cups of fruits and vegetables per day
  • Must plan on living in San Diego County for at least the next 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Must not have any dietary restrictions limiting consumption of fruits and vegetables
  • Participating customers cannot shop at other study stores in that wave more than once a month
  • Participating customers cannot shop at intervention stores from previous waves more than once a month

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
El Valor de Nuestra Salud Store Intervention
Other: El Valor de Nuestra Salud Store Intervention
Changes to physical and social environment of grocery stores through implementation of the El Valor de Nuestra Salud intervention.
No Intervention: Control
No intervention. Business as usual

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Changes in fruit and vegetable consumption of store customers from baseline to 6-months as assessed by the NCI fruit and vegetable screener
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months
Baseline, 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

San Diego State University

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Guadalupe X Ayala, PhD, San Diego State University

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 14, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 18, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

November 21, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 17, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 16, 2015

Last Verified

November 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • R01CA140326 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • 5R01CA140326-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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