None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to examine food purchases and shopping habits of families with children. We are interested in what families buy if they are given some supplementary money and if they spend more money on "healthier foods" in particular, fruit and vegetables.
Interventions
Weekly supermarket vouchers to the value of $5 (per adult female), received by the intervention group for four weeks. Vouchers allocated for the supermarket identified by each household as the most frequently used. Vouchers can be spent on any supermarket item.
Sponsors
Claire Smith
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Trial inclusion criteria were: i) one child or more under 18 years living at home, ii) household gross annual income greater than 45,000 NZ dollars , iv) no expected change in household composition over the study period, e.g. long term guest, new baby, v) no expected change in household income over the study period, vi) purchasing at least two thirds of food from a supermarkets, vii) food insecure as determined by the validated NZ food security scale
Exclusion criteria
Food Secure Income greater than 45,000 NZ dollars No Children living within the household
Outcome results
None listed