The Community Garden Health Block
University of Arkansas
138 participants
Jul 15, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goals of this community-based clinical trial are to examine the association between community garden participation and 1) fruit and vegetable intake (primary outcome) and 2) access to healthy food (secondary outcome) among adults aged 18-95 living in low resource communities. Gardens will be randomized to the intervention (n=4 gardens) or control group (delayed intervention, n=3 gardens). Participants will be assigned to one of seven community gardens to receive an 8-week intervention. During the intervention, participants will be asked to volunteer in the garden, participate in garden social activities, participate in healthy cooking demonstrations and educational sessions. Participants will receive educational materials as well. To assess the effects of the intervention, participants will receive a baseline, 8-week, and 6-month survey. Outcome measures will be compared between the intervention and control groups.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria9
- Arkansas resident aged 18-95;
- live in community within 1 mile radius of a participating garden;
- speak English;
- willingness to participate in the garden as a volunteer during the study intervention period;
- not previously participated in the garden as a volunteer in past 6 months;
- scores as food insecure on 1 of any of the food security measures (i.e. food did not last, could not eat balanced meal, cut the size or skip meals and frequency at which this happens, eat less than you think you should, were hungry but did not eat);
- written informed consent;
- working phone, home address, and email;
- \) willingness to complete all survey assessments.
Exclusion Criteria1
- Does not live within 1 mile radius of a participating garden.
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Interventions
The gardens in the intervention group will receive an 8-week intervention that includes 1) educational materials, 2) healthy cooking demonstrations, food and transportation support and 3) garden social activities. The control group will be asked to abstain from intervention activities. The control group will receive the delayed 8-week intervention one month after the intervention group.
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NCT06455215