NCT05379842

Educational Strategy on a Vulnerable Population to Improve Cardiovascular Health and Food Insecurity

Educational Strategy on a Vulnerable Population to Improve Cardiovascular Health and Mitigate Food Insecurity Through a Sustainable Health Literacy Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 460 (actual)
• Sponsor: Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that an educational program on a healthy lifestyle which increases health literacy could improve long-term health and mitigate food insecurity.

Detailed description

A 24-month randomized clinical trial involving vulnerable families (460 participants) at risk of food insecurity to improve cardiovascular health, with an initial basic training workshop followed by randomization into three groups: 1. No further intervention; 2. A traditional advanced intervention model every three months; and 3. E-learning advanced intervention model every 15 days with YouTube videos and WhatsApp messages. Primary objective: \- Improve cardiovascular health measured by Life's Simple 7, American Heart Association Secondary objective * Demonstrate whether the intervention improves the food safety score measured according to FAO * Study which of the two models of advanced intervention, face-to-face or virtual, improves cardiovascular and food health literacy in the study population. This project aims to transfer and offer to society this virtual educational strategy as a tool to improve cardiovascular health in other vulnerable populations, in a scientific, efficient, safe, and sustainable way.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Health
• Food Insecurity
• Healthy Lifestyle
• Vulnerable Population

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Education on a healthy lifestyle and health literacy	Traditional motivational face-to-face workshops with lifestyle (nutritional, physical activity, sleep) advice every 3 months
OTHER	Education on a healthy lifestyle and health literacy	E-learning and digital (with videos -YouTube channel or WhatsApp/text message) educational workshops with lifestyle (nutritional, physical activity, sleep) advice every 15 days

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-01
• Primary completion: 2024-06-15
• Completion: 2024-06-15
• First posted: 2022-05-18
• Last updated: 2026-03-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain