Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/65976, first published .
A Culturally Tailored Digital Education Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

A Culturally Tailored Digital Education Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

A Culturally Tailored Digital Education Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Vidya Sharma   1 , PhD, RD, LD, CDCES ;   Michelle Aguilar   1 , MDS, RDN, LD ;   Salma Abdelrahman   1 , MDS, RDN, LD ;   Erica Sosa   2 , PhD ;   Meizi He   2 , PhD ;   M Marilu Martinez   3 , PhD ;   Andrea Hutson   4 , PhD ;   Tianou Zhang   5 , PhD ;   Zenong Yin   2 , PhD ;   Sarah Ullevig   1 , PhD, RD, LD

1 Nutrition and Dietetics Program, College for Health, Community and Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States

2 Department of Public Health, College for Health, Community and Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States

3 The Institute for Health, Community and Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States

4 Agile Analytics, LLC, Austin, TX, United States

5 Department of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Sarah Ullevig, PhD, RD, LD
  • Nutrition and Dietetics Program
  • College for Health, Community and Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • 1 UTSA Circle
  • San Antonio, TX 78249
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 2104587034
  • Email: sarah.ullevig@utsa.edu