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FRESH Delivers

About The Study

FRESH Delivers is a research study that aims to help African Americans in rural Arkansas counties quit tobacco smoking.

This study is being conducted by the Center for Research, Health, and Social Justice (CRHS) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.  CRHS is a part of a larger grant to eliminate cancer and heart disease in Arkansas.

The goal of FRESH Delivers is to fill a critical gap in knowledge, by using a home-based food delivery and smoking cessation counseling. This intervention was designed to help eliminate tobacco-caused cancer health disparities. This research study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at UAMS.

  • FRESH Delivers seeks to improve the health of African American families in rural Arkansas.
  • This is a by chance (randomized) research study that includes home-based food deliveries and motivational counseling.
  • This 6-month intervention will include brief surveys to hear your thoughts and opinions about cession and food security.
  • You will be compensated for your time.

Who is Eligible?

  1. Those who identify as Black or African Americans
  2. Current cigarette smokers
  3. Men and women
  4.  Ages 21-75
  5. Current residents of Chicot, Desha, Lee or Phillips counties in Arkansas
  6. Able to speak, write, and read English

Interested in joining FRESH Delivers?

Name
  • Your contact information is confidential.
  • The information we collect from you online, by phone, email, or through the website, including your name and any other identifying information will be strictly confidential. This information will be kept under lock and key.
  • We do not have access to your medical records.
  • Your decision to contact us, participate or not participate in this study will not affect your relationship with the UAMS.

How to Contact Us

To learn more about the FRESH Deliveries, please contact:

Latonya Rucker

Email: FRESHDelivers@uams.edu

Phone: 501-478-9797 Center for Research, Health & Social Justice
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham St, #820
Little Rock, AR 72205

Principal Investigator: Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH
Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
4301 West Markham Street, #820
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-526-2294
Fax: 501-526-6709
Email: FreshDelivers@uams.edu

This study is funded by the National Institute of Minority Health National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, and Human Services (#13402874)


About the Center for Research, Health, and Social Justice

The vision of the Center for Research, Health, and Social Justice (CRHS) is to eliminate cancer and cardiovascular disease health disparities in Arkansas. To reach our vision, CRHS mission seeks to advance the science of chronic disease health disparities by using transdisciplinary, multi-level, and social structural approaches.


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