Community health workers may help food-insecure adults lower blood pressure
NCT ID NCT05877898
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested whether community health workers (CHWs) could help adults with high blood pressure who also struggle with food insecurity. 75 participants were assigned to either CHW education alone or CHW education plus extra support like grocery transportation and cooking classes. The goal was to see if these programs could improve fruit and vegetable intake and lower blood pressure. The study focused on feasibility and short-term changes over 4 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- community health worker education and navigation program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a practical, low-cost way to help food-insecure people with high blood pressure improve their diet and control their blood pressure.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, completed feasibility study with only 75 participants, so results may not apply to larger or different populations. The intervention is behavioral and may not produce lasting changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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75 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 69 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * self-reported diagnosed hypertension * BP between 130 to 179 mm Hg systolic and 80 to 119 mm Hg diastolic * experience food insecurity * live in 32609, 32601, or 32641 zip codes * eligible for SNAP Exclusion Criteria: * Participated in a focus group to develop the intervention
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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