Randomized community trial to assess nutritional, socioeconomic, and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador: a study protocol
Malnutrition is an escalating concern in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), including Ecuador, particularly within rural settings. To address this issue, food forests emerge as a promising intervention. This research protocol outlines a controlled intervention in the province of Santa Elena, a...
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| author | Marco Faytong-Haro Marco Faytong-Haro Alonso Quijano-Ruiz Daniel Sanchez Daniel Sanchez Patricio Alvarez-Munoz Patricio Alvarez-Munoz Stephanie Gallegos-Caamaño Victor Yambay-Delgado Karina Checa María José Delgado-Rendón Andrea Angulo-Prado |
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| description | Malnutrition is an escalating concern in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), including Ecuador, particularly within rural settings. To address this issue, food forests emerge as a promising intervention. This research protocol outlines a controlled intervention in the province of Santa Elena, aiming to evaluate the efficacy of a food forest in enhancing nutritional outcomes, with potential implications for broader replication. The study will be conducted in the Colonche Parish of Santa Elena Canton, where one commune will be randomly selected to receive the food forest intervention. In contrast, another similarly characterized commune, also randomly selected through cluster-based sampling, will serve as a control group, receiving no intervention. This randomized, comparative approach will enable a more precise assessment of the food forest's impact. Data collection will occur at three intervals: baseline, 6 months, and 12 months post-intervention. Comprehensive questionnaires will be employed to measure the food forest's influence on the communities' nutritional, economic, and health metrics, distinguishing between the intervention and control communes to elucidate the intervention's specific effects. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ce93c8b408d4c919ab16dd7fdfb8d632025-08-20T02:32:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652024-12-011210.3389/fpubh.2024.14203101420310Randomized community trial to assess nutritional, socioeconomic, and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador: a study protocolMarco Faytong-Haro0Marco Faytong-Haro1Alonso Quijano-Ruiz2Daniel Sanchez3Daniel Sanchez4Patricio Alvarez-Munoz5Patricio Alvarez-Munoz6Stephanie Gallegos-Caamaño7Victor Yambay-Delgado8Karina Checa9María José Delgado-Rendón10Andrea Angulo-Prado11Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondon, EcuadorResearch Department, Ecuadorian Development Research Lab, Daule, EcuadorResearch Department, Ecuadorian Development Research Lab, Daule, EcuadorResearch Department, Ecuadorian Development Research Lab, Daule, EcuadorDepartment of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CanadaDepartment of Statistics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, SpainFacultad de Ciencias Sociales, Educación Comercial y Derecho, Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Milagro, EcuadorResearch Department, Ecuadorian Development Research Lab, Daule, EcuadorFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondon, EcuadorCommunity Engagement Department, CECAPROF Corporación Ecuatoriana De Capacitación, Guayaquil, EcuadorCentro de Investigación, Instituto Superior Tecnológico Argos, Guayaquil, EcuadorCentro de Investigación, Instituto Superior Tecnológico Argos, Guayaquil, EcuadorMalnutrition is an escalating concern in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), including Ecuador, particularly within rural settings. To address this issue, food forests emerge as a promising intervention. This research protocol outlines a controlled intervention in the province of Santa Elena, aiming to evaluate the efficacy of a food forest in enhancing nutritional outcomes, with potential implications for broader replication. The study will be conducted in the Colonche Parish of Santa Elena Canton, where one commune will be randomly selected to receive the food forest intervention. In contrast, another similarly characterized commune, also randomly selected through cluster-based sampling, will serve as a control group, receiving no intervention. This randomized, comparative approach will enable a more precise assessment of the food forest's impact. Data collection will occur at three intervals: baseline, 6 months, and 12 months post-intervention. Comprehensive questionnaires will be employed to measure the food forest's influence on the communities' nutritional, economic, and health metrics, distinguishing between the intervention and control communes to elucidate the intervention's specific effects.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1420310/fullfood forestnutritionrural areaEcuadorinterventionpre-post study |
| spellingShingle | Marco Faytong-Haro Marco Faytong-Haro Alonso Quijano-Ruiz Daniel Sanchez Daniel Sanchez Patricio Alvarez-Munoz Patricio Alvarez-Munoz Stephanie Gallegos-Caamaño Victor Yambay-Delgado Karina Checa María José Delgado-Rendón Andrea Angulo-Prado Randomized community trial to assess nutritional, socioeconomic, and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador: a study protocol Frontiers in Public Health food forest nutrition rural area Ecuador intervention pre-post study |
| title | Randomized community trial to assess nutritional, socioeconomic, and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador: a study protocol |
| title_full | Randomized community trial to assess nutritional, socioeconomic, and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador: a study protocol |
| title_fullStr | Randomized community trial to assess nutritional, socioeconomic, and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador: a study protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Randomized community trial to assess nutritional, socioeconomic, and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador: a study protocol |
| title_short | Randomized community trial to assess nutritional, socioeconomic, and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador: a study protocol |
| title_sort | randomized community trial to assess nutritional socioeconomic and health outcomes of a food forest initiative in santa elena province ecuador a study protocol |
| topic | food forest nutrition rural area Ecuador intervention pre-post study |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1420310/full |
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