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Food Literacy Intervention - is a "Train the Trainer" Approach Feasible and Effective?
Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization
Summary
Food literacy (FL) is the capability to make healthy food choices in different contexts, settings and situations. Although eating habits are shaped by different circumstances and skills, most nutrition programs focus on nutrition knowledge alone. Addressing factors such as competencies, self-efficacy and social norms enables sustainable positive change in nutrition behaviour. This study will assess a lay leader-led FL workshop to Arab and Jewish women from disadvantaged communities in the Jerusalem region, utilizing a train-the-trainer approach, and will compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a lay-led FL intervention to an expert-led intervention.
Official title: Food Literacy Intervention for Arab and Jewish Women in the Jerusalem Region - is a "Train the Trainer" Approach Feasible and Effective?
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
25 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
480
Start Date
2025-12
Completion Date
2027-02-01
Last Updated
2025-12-17
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Lay-led FL workshops
Groups of women recruited by trained lay-leaders will receive an 8-session lay-led FL workshop. Workshop participants will receive a self-report baseline survey at the first session, and post surveys at the last session and 3 months after the last session. The surveys will be anonymous and will be conducted and collected by the lay workshop facilitator. Lay-leaders will receive an incentive to collect surveys from workshop participants. A member of the research staff will be present at the time of the survey collection to ensure data are collected according to protocol. Monthly phone calls with lay-leaders will take place to ensure implementation in the community, including problem solving and help maintaining motivation. To help ensure implementation in the lay-led arm, lay leaders will be required to complete one workshop in the community before receiving a graduation certificate.
Expert-led workshops
Matching groups of women recruited by research staff will receive the same 8-session expert-led FL workshop. Workshop participants will receive a self-report baseline survey at the first session, and post surveys at the last session and 3 months after the last session. The surveys will be anonymous and will be conducted and collected by the expert workshop facilitator.