Authors
Cindy K. Blair, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Elizabeth M. Harding, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Prajakta Adsul, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Sara Moran, Extension Plant Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
Dolores Guest, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Kathy Clough, Albuquerque Area Extension Master Gardener Program, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Andrew L. Sussman, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Dorothy Duff, Albuquerque Area Extension Master Gardener Program, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Linda S. Cook, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Joseph Rodman, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Zoneddy Dayao, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Ursa Brown-Glaberman, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Towela V. King, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
V Shane Pankratz, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Eduardo Servin, Extension Plant Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
Sally M. Davis, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Publication Date
3-1-2021
Abstract
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.
Publication Title
Contemp Clin Trials Commun
DOI
10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100741
Recommended Citation
Blair CK, Harding EM, Adsul P, Moran S, Guest D, Clough K, Sussman AL, Duff D, Cook LS, Rodman J, Dayao Z, Brown-Glaberman U, King TV, Pankratz VS, Servin E, Davis S, Demark-Wahnefried W. Southwest Harvest for Health: Adapting a mentored vegetable gardening intervention for cancer survivors in the southwest. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Feb 11;21:100741. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100741. PMID: 33659763; PMCID: PMC7896154.
