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Refining and Expanding a Culinary nutrition Intervention for cancer Patients and carEgivers (RECIPE)

Award Number: R34CA304678
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2029

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Refining and Expanding a Culinary nutrition Intervention for cancer Patients and carEgivers (RECIPE) - ABSTRACT Approximately 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, a disease that significantly impacts the health and well-being of men. Hispanic men with prostate cancer face unique disease-related challenges, including low dietary quality, health-related quality of life, and high comorbidity burden. Informal caregivers, often family members, play a crucial role in supporting survivors including with meal preparation, yet their involvement in health interventions remains limited. Dietary modification has been shown to improve cancer- related health outcomes and reduce cancer risk. Dietary behaviors are often shared with the dyad, in part due to shared environments and routines. Given the interdependence between survivors and caregivers, this proposal seeks to adapt and pilot-test a dyadic culinary nutrition intervention, Cooking Healthy – Engaging Families (CHEF), aimed at improving dietary quality (through moving fruit and vegetable intake) for both the survivor and caregiver. This research builds on the successful evidence-based theoretically informed ¡Cocinar por Su Salud! program, previously designed for Hispanic breast cancer survivors which successfully increased daily fruit and vegetable intake. Our first aim is to adapt the existing 12-week intervention through virtual community engagement studio (V-CES), a qualitative process involving stakeholders such as survivors, caregivers, and healthcare providers that uses rapid analysis to identify actionable changes. This will inform relevant modifications for dyadic and remote delivery while ensuring relevance of the intervention is maintained. After adaptation, our second aim is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted intervention via a pilot randomized controlled trial involving 20 Hispanic prostate cancer survivors and their identified caregivers enrolled to participate together as dyads (n=40 total participants). Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive either the 12-week CHEF adapted dyadic culinary nutrition intervention or education control with a 12-week follow-up period. We will evaluate recruitment, retention, adherence, and assessment completion to determine the intervention's viability. We will measure the change in fruit and vegetable intake as an indicator of dietary quality using 24-hour dietary recalls alongside carotenoid biomarkers (collected via dried blood spots). After intervention completion, we will refine the intervention with participant feedback from the intervention and stakeholder feedback, collected through a second V-CES. This will permit the evaluation of intervention effect and sustainability of outcomes to inform future research. This study is relevant to public health because the number of prostate cancer survivors and consequently, caregivers, continues to grow, yet there are no evidence- based culinary nutrition programs that aim to improve dietary quality and health for both. The study represents a critical step toward a larger efficacy and implementation planning trial to address improved long-term health and well-being for men with prostate cancer and their caregivers.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $275,518 )
2026	2026	UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA	845 N PARK AVE RM 538	TUCSON	AZ	85721	PIMA	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	1	8/27/2026	NEW	$275,518
														Subtotal = $275,518

Grand Total All Awards = $275,518

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Refining and Expanding a Culinary nutrition Intervention for cancer Patients and carEgivers (RECIPE)

Award Number: R34CA304678

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2026

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2029

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