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Does participating in community gardens promote sustainable lifestyles in urban settings? Design and protocol of the JArDinS study.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite growing evidence for the multiple health benefits of community gardening, longitudinal studies based on quantitative data are needed. Here we describe the protocol of JArDinS, a quasi-experimental study, aimed at assessing the impact of community garden participation (a natural experiment) in the adoption of more sustainable lifestyles.

Methods

Gardeners (n = 80) starting gardening in a community garden in Montpellier (France) will be recruited. Volunteers with no experience in community gardening and matched for age range, gender, household income and household composition will be recruited in a control group (n = 80). The sustainability of lifestyles in its social/health, environmental and economic dimensions will be assessed from a food supply diary (recording type, quantity and price of foods acquired in a 1-month period and the carbon impact of relevant food trips), a triaxial accelerometer (measuring physical activity) and online questionnaires on mental and social health, sensitivity to food waste, and connection with nature. Change of outcomes after 1 year will be compared between the natural experiment and the control groups.

Discussion

This study will provide information on the impact of participation in a community garden on the different dimensions of sustainability, based on a robust quasi-experimental design allowing causality evaluation.

Trial registration

The JArDinS study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03694782 . Date of registration: 3rd October 2018, retrospectively registered.

SUBMITTER: Tharrey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6525470 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Does participating in community gardens promote sustainable lifestyles in urban settings? Design and protocol of the JArDinS study.

Tharrey Marion M   Perignon Marlène M   Scheromm Pascale P   Mejean Caroline C   Darmon Nicole N  

BMC public health 20190517 1


<h4>Background</h4>Despite growing evidence for the multiple health benefits of community gardening, longitudinal studies based on quantitative data are needed. Here we describe the protocol of JArDinS, a quasi-experimental study, aimed at assessing the impact of community garden participation (a natural experiment) in the adoption of more sustainable lifestyles.<h4>Methods</h4>Gardeners (n = 80) starting gardening in a community garden in Montpellier (France) will be recruited. Volunteers with  ...[more]

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