Food as medicine: study tests kitchen skills to lower blood pressure

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Fluent in English 2. Marion County resident 3. 35-75 years 4. Systolic BP of ≥120 in prior 12 months 5. Ability to see and read street signs (self report) 6. Stable housing with independent access to kitchen, including functional stove or hotplate, oven, refrigerator, and freezer (self report) 7. Activity independence per functional activities questionnaire (FAQ; \<3 responses of "Require Assistance" and 0 responses of "Dependent") 8. Food insecurity per first two items of USDA 18-item survey with ≥ 1 response of "Often true" or "Sometimes true" \[1) Within the past 12 months, you worried that your food would run out before you got the money to buy more; 2) Within the past 12 months, the food you bought just didn't last and you didn't have money to get more.\] OR currently listed as food insecure in Eskenazi EMR; OR currently receiving SNAP benefits. 9. normal cognition per six-item screener (SIS; score of ≥ 5) 10. Mean systolic BP of ≥120 from 3 standard BP measurements taken by research staff following standardized wait periods. Exclusion Criteria: 1. lives in nursing home 2. diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer disease or mild cognitive impairment; Parkinson disease; brain tumor/infection/surgery (within the last 10 years with residual symptoms and/or functional loss/deficit, such as impaired learning, memory, or communication); psychosis, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder 3. ICD 10 code I11/hypertensive heart disease, ICD 10 code I12/hypertensive CKD, ICD 10 code I13/hypertensive heart disease and CKD, ICD 10 code I15, or ICD 10 code I16 4. alcohol consumption ≥ 8 drinks per week for women, or ≥15 drinks per week for men 5. drug use/abuse (excluding marijuana) per EMR 6. moving out of area during study timeline 7. scheduling conflicts with intervention schedule 8. unwilling to use a touchscreen 9. unwilling to be on video conferencing 10. low communicative ability, functional status, or other disorders (examiner rated) that would interfere with interventions and assessments 11. unable to provide informed consent