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Growing Healthy Hearts
Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Summary
This proposal includes a prospective, parallel group, two-arm RCT with 264 adult-child dyads (adult age 18+, child ages 5-17 years) to examine the effectiveness of the Growing Healthy Hearts (GHH) intervention versus a wait list control on cardiovascular and behavioral health outcomes at 3-, 6- and 12-months follow-up (Aim 1). This proposal will also examine the effect of GHH on home fruit and vegetable (FV) availability, frequency of home-prepared meals that include FV, and child behaviors (FV intake and PA) at 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-up (Aim 2) and intervention implementation (Aim 3)
Official title: Growing Healthy Hearts: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multicomponent Gardening Intervention for Adults With Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Their Families.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
264
Start Date
2026-10
Completion Date
2031-03
Last Updated
2026-07-07
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
GHH Intervention
This intervention examines the effectiveness of the Growing Healthy Hearts (GHH) intervention versus a wait list control on cardiovascular and behavioral health outcomes at 3-, 6- and 12-months follow-up.
Locations (1)
Penn State College of Medicine
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States