Southwest Harvest for Health: Adapting a mentored vegetable gardening intervention for cancer survivors in the southwest

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

Prajakta Adsul¹  Ursa Brown-Glaberman²  Elizabeth M. Harding³  Eduardo Servin³  Linda S. Cook³  Kathy Clough³  Joseph Rodman⁴  Towela V. King⁴  Wendy Demark-Wahnefried⁵  Sara Moran⁵  Dolores Guest⁵  Cindy K. Blair⁵  Dorothy Duff⁵  V. Shane Pankratz⁵  Andrew L. Sussman⁶  Zoneddy Dayao⁷  Sally Davis⁷ 

[1] Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC07-4025, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, USA.;Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA;University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA;Albuquerque Area Extension Master Gardener Program, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, Albuquerque, NM, USA;Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA;Extension Plant Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA;University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA;

关键词: Gardening;    Vegetables;    Cancer survivors;    Adaptation;    Quality of life;    Cooperative extension service;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Few diet and physical activity evidence-based interventions have been routinely used in community settings to achieve population health outcomes. Adapting interventions to fit the implementation context is important to achieve the desired results. Harvest for Health is a home-based vegetable gardening intervention that pairs cancer survivors with certified Master Gardeners from the Cooperative Extension Service with the ultimate goal of increasing vegetable consumption and physical activity, and improving physical functioning and health-related quality-of-life. Harvest for Health has potential for widespread dissemination since Master Gardener Programs exist throughout the United States. However, state- and population-specific adaptations may be needed to improve intervention adoption by other Master Gardener Programs. Our primary objective was to adapt this evidence-informed intervention that was initially incepted in Alabama, for the drastically different climate and growing conditions of New Mexico using a recommended adaptation framework. Our secondary objective was to develop a study protocol to support a pilot test of the adapted intervention, Southwest Harvest for Health. The adaptation phase is a critical first step towards widespread dissemination, implementation, and scale-out of an evidence-based intervention. This paper describes the adaptation process and outcomes, and the resulting protocol for the ongoing pilot study that is currently following 30 cancer survivors and their paired Extension Master Gardener mentors.

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