Southern California Nutrition Incentive Program

Food Insecurity Clinical Trial

— SCNIP  

Official title:

Southern California Nutrition Incentive Program

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02976389
• Other study ID #: 2016-70025-25247
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 2024

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: University of California, San Diego
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The specific aims of this proposal are to implement SCNIP in 6 Northgate Gonzalez Markets across San Diego, Orange and LA counties (2 in each county), and determine which level of financial incentive rebate (specifically, $10/month, $20/month, or $40/month) optimally increases the purchase and consumption of SNAP eligible fruits and vegetables.

Description:

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) Center for Community Health, in collaboration with Northgate Gonzalez Markets and its regional partners, will implement a Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive program in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties - the Southern California Nutrition Incentive Program (SCNIP). This program will develop, implement and evaluate a multi-tiered model that will enable low-income, SNAP-eligible consumers to make healthier food choices and purchase more fruits and vegetables. This model will include: tier 1) an innovative fruit and vegetable financial incentive rebate program that utilizes the consumer's Northgate Gonzalez Market customer loyalty card, electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card, and electronic wallet (e-wallet); tier 2) fruit and vegetable promotions that include discount pricing; and tier 3) SNAP-Ed programming (e.g., in-store cooking classes, tours, and healthy food self-labeling system) to educate and support the purchasing behaviors of SNAP-eligible families. Through the use of the customer loyalty card, EBT card, and e-wallet, the rebate program will be able to track the purchase of SCNIP eligible fruits and vegetables and provide a rebate at the point-of-sale that can be used to purchase additional fruits and vegetables, thus increasing the purchasing power of SNAP-eligible families for healthy food options. Earned and dispensed rebate dollars will be stored on the e-wallet enabling the tracking of purchasing behaviors and dollars spent on healthy fruits and vegetables in this program. With this data, we will be able to determine what level of financial incentive rebate ($10/month, $20/month, or $40/month) (tier 1) optimally increased SNAP families' per capita spending on fruits and vegetables in conjunction with the fruit and vegetable promotions (tier 2) and nutrition education activities (tier 3).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 3780
• Est. completion date: September 2024
• Est. primary completion date: September 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Northgate Gonzalez Market customer who currently receives SNAP benefits and has a valid EBT card

• 18 years of age or older

• Speaks and reads in English or Spanish

• Shops at the selected Northgate Gonzalez Market regularly, at least two times per month

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not receive SNAP benefits

• Unable to complete surveys in English or Spanish

• Another immediate family member living in the same household is already recruited into the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Food Insecurity

Intervention

Other:
• Financial Incentive: High
dlParticipants in this group will receive an additional $40/month to use towards the purchase of SNAP eligible fruits and vegetables. They will be able to access these dollars through an electronic wallet (e-wallet) that is tied to their customer loyalty card. They will also have access to the fruit and vegetable promotions that include discount pricing and SNAP-Ed programming (e.g., in-store cooking classes, tours, and healthy food self-labeling system) to educate and support the purchasing behaviors of SNAP-eligible families.
• Financial Incentive: Middle
Participants in this group will receive an additional $20/month to use towards the purchase of SNAP eligible fruits and vegetables. They will be able to access these dollars through an electronic wallet (e-wallet) that is tied to their customer loyalty card. They will also have access to the fruit and vegetable promotions that include discount pricing and SNAP-Ed programming (e.g., in-store cooking classes, tours, and healthy food self-labeling system) to educate and support the purchasing behaviors of SNAP-eligible families.
• Financial Incentive: Low
Participants in this group will receive an additional $10/month to use towards the purchase of SNAP eligible fruits and vegetables. They will be able to access these dollars through an electronic wallet (e-wallet) that is tied to their customer loyalty card. They will also have access to the fruit and vegetable promotions that include discount pricing and SNAP-Ed programming (e.g., in-store cooking classes, tours, and healthy food self-labeling system) to educate and support the purchasing behaviors of SNAP-eligible families.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of California, San Diego	La Jolla	California

Sponsors (8)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, San Diego	California Department of Health Services, Center for Good Food Purchasing, Latino Health Access, Northgate Gonzalez Markets, The California Endowment, The Ecology Center, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Dollars spent on Fruits and Vegetables	Total amount of incentive dollars spent on Fruits and Vegetables per month	1 year
Primary	Quantity of Fruits and Vegetables	total quantity of fruits and vegetables purchased per month with incentive dollars	1 year
Secondary	Dietary intake	Change in self-reported fruit and vegetable consumption during the intervention	1 year
Secondary	Six-item short form of the Food Security Survey Module	Change in food insecurity score at the end of the intervention period	1 year