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Trial reportFrontiers in public health2023

Lessons learned by adapting and implementing LUCHA: a deep-structure culturally tailored healthy eating randomized pilot intervention for ethnic-diverse Latinos.

Josiemer Mattei, Areli Caballero-González, Ana Maafs-Rodríguez, Amelia Zhang, H June O'Neill, Cristina Gago

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04724382 (Culturally-tailored Healthy Eating Education Intervention for Latinos in Massachusetts), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT04724382 nacompletednot on this map

Culturally-tailored Healthy Eating Education Intervention for Latinos in Massachusetts

TypeinterventionalSponsorHarvard School of Public Health (HSPH)Ran2019 to 2021Enrolled76ConditionsDiet, Healthy, Diet Habit, Obesity, Blood PressureArmsCulturally tailored healthy eating advice, Standard healthy eating advice
3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Josiemer MatteiDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Areli Caballero-GonzálezDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Ana Maafs-RodríguezDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Amelia ZhangDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
H June O'NeillDepartment of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, United States.
Cristina GagoDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Harvard University · USHarvard Pilgrim Health Care · US

Funding

Diet quality and cardiometabolic disparities among Latino ethnic subgroupsK01HL120951 · NHLBI · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI MATTEI, JOSIEMER · 2014 to 2018
$689k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL120951
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To report the adaptation and implementation of LUCHA (Latinos United for a Culturally Healthy Alimentation), a pilot intervention to improve dietary quality and behaviors (primary outcomes) of Latinos in Massachusetts, US, and the lessons learned during the process, including disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help shape future programs. Methods: The cultural adaptation process was pre-planned using a framework, grounded in the Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned Behavior, and informed by formative mixed-methods research. A projected 75 self-identifying Latino adults (25-65y) were recruited with community-wide strategies and randomized to receive, in parallel, daily healthy eating text messages for 2 months, reinforced for 2 subsequent months, to either control (i.e., surface-level messages based on USDA MyPlate in Spanish), or intervention (i.e., deep-structure messages). The intervention messages were ethnically tailored to Caribbean or non-Caribbean heritages specifically, grounded in entrenched cultural attitudes, norms, and preferences. Trained research assistants administered questionnaires and clinical measurements at baseline, 2-months, and 4-months, in person (pre-pandemic) or via online video calls (at-pandemic). Clinicaltrials.gov registration #NCT04724382. Results: LUCHA faced challenges and opportunities that conveyed lessons for future cultural adaptation and implementation of healthy eating programs. Recommendations are provided to improve digital programs for diverse ethnicities, such as widening language capabilities in texting services, using familiar video call applications, and instructing participants to measure their own clinical metrics at home using guided standardized protocols. Conclusion: Tailoring nutrition programs with deep-structure cultural messages is essential when promoting healthy eating in diverse Latino heritages. LUCHA can inform programs for similar ethnic groups.

Indexed as

Diet, HealthyPandemicsAdultAgedCaribbean PeopleEthnicityHispanic or LatinoHumansMiddle AgedPilot Projectscultural adaptationcultural tailoringdeep structureethnic minoritiesnutrition education

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PMID38445250
PMCPMC10912621
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