Advanced Cooking Education Full Scale Study

Purpose

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an in-person multi-component Advanced Cooking Education (ACE) 4-H after school program. The ACE Program consists of mindfulness, nutrition education, cooking labs, and professional development activities.

Conditions

  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Nutrition, Healthy

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
All ages
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • 7th and 8th grade students attending Title I funded schools in New York City - Caregivers of the 7th and 8th grade students attending Title I funded schools in New York City

Exclusion Criteria

  • Do not speak/understand English - Those who have previously participated in the Virtual ACE program (Feasibility Study), or In-Person ACE Pilot Study

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Intervention Model
Single Group Assignment
Intervention Model Description
All participants enter a control phase for 12 weeks where they receive no intervention. After 12 weeks, the same group of participants receive the ACE intervention.
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
No Intervention
Control phase 		After the first data collection session, participants spend 12 weeks and enter a "control phase" where they receive no intervention. At the end of the 12 weeks, participants will attend another data collection session.
Experimental
ACE intervention 		The ACE Program is a culturally inclusive, 4-H after school club where youth meet once a week for 12 weeks after school in person. They also receive groceries to make a meal 1 day every 2 weeks.
  • Behavioral: ACE intervention
    Participants attend the ACE Program for 12 weeks after school. On one assigned day of the week, participants attend ACE in person after school. The session begins with mindfulness exercises (20 minutes), nutrition education lesson/cooking lab (65 minutes, odd weeks) OR professional development session (65 minutes, even weeks). On any day during the 2-week cooking period, the students will make a dish using groceries they received with their parent/guardian (1 hour).

Recruiting Locations

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
Contact:
Tashara M Leak, PhD, RD
607-255-5967
tml226@cornell.edu

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Cornell University

Study Contact

Tashara M Leak, PhD, RD
607-255-7664
tml226@cornell.edu

Detailed Description

The ACE program is conducted with 7th and 8th grade students attending New York City (NYC) Title I middle schools. Participants attend weekly sessions (2hour) after school to participate in mindfulness, nutrition lessons, and professional development activities. On another day in the week, students participate in cooking labs at their own time at their homes. The investigators hypothesize that after the program, adolescents' diet quality, cooking-related skills, stress levels will be improved compared to prior of the program.