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Trial reportHealth education research2024

Pilot study of a heart-healthy food box intervention for Native Americans with uncontrolled hypertension: methods and results from the Chickasaw Healthy Eating Environments Research Study.

Tori Taniguchi, Jessica Williams-Nguyen, Clemma S Muller, Amber Fyfe-Johnson, Austin Henderson, Jason G Umans, Joy Standridge, Tyra Shackleford, Robert Rosenman, Dedra Buchwald and 1 more

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Trial report in Health education research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Nutrition and Culinary Education in Food Is Medicine Interventions: A Scoping Review.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2026
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  4. Cardiometabolic medicine in culture, community, and society: a unified goal with diverse approaches.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Tori TaniguchiCenter for Indigenous Health Research and Policy, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Jessica Williams-NguyenInstitute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Washington State University, Seattle, WA, USA.
Clemma S MullerInstitute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Washington State University, Seattle, WA, USA.
Amber Fyfe-JohnsonInstitute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Washington State University, Seattle, WA, USA.
Austin HendersonInstitute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Washington State University, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jason G UmansMedStar Health Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD, USA.
Joy StandridgeNutrition Services, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, OK, USA.
Tyra ShacklefordNutrition Services, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, OK, USA.
Robert RosenmanInstitute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Washington State University, Seattle, WA, USA.
Dedra BuchwaldUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Valarie Bluebird JerniganCenter for Indigenous Health Research and Policy, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, USA.

Funding

Native-Controlling Hypertension And Risk through Technology (Native-CHART)U54MD011240 · NIMHD · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BUCHWALD, DEDRA S · 2016 to 2021
$14.3M
NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD011240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a culturally tailored food box intervention for improving blood pressure (BP), food security and Body Mass Index (BMI) among Chickasaw Nation adults with uncontrolled hypertension. As part of the Chickasaw Healthy Eating Environments Research Study (CHEERS), we administered a group randomized pilot study in four tribal communities (two intervention, two control). Participants in the intervention communities received six heart-healthy food boxes, culturally tailored to traditional Chickasaw diet and current food context. Outcomes were measured over 6 months. We enrolled 262 participants, and 204 with complete data on key variables were included in the analysis. The food boxes were very popular, and we achieved high retention for follow-up data collection. Intervention community participants had 2.6 mmHg lower mean systolic BP and improved diet quality and BMI compared with control participants, although, as expected for a pilot study, the differences were not statistically significant. The culturally tailored diet intervention and randomized trial study design were acceptable and feasible for Chickasaw Nation adults with uncontrolled hypertension. Our findings support the value of tribal-food bank partnerships as a potential approach for reducing food insecurity and hypertension-related disparities in Native American communities.

Indexed as

Blood PressureBody Mass IndexHypertensionIndians, North AmericanAdultAgedAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeDiet, HealthyFemaleFood SupplyHealth PromotionHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot Projects

Identifiers

PMID38965030
PMCPMC11398897

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