Acknowledgments
Tessa, Cancer
SACHS, RECRUITMENT, CANCER
This study was funded by the Research Scholars Health Equity Grant (130091-RSG-16-169-01-CPPB) from the American Cancer Society. Additional support was provided by the University of Colorado Cancer Centre and the University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO, USA). DHG received additional support from the National Institutes of Health (grant numbers R01GM121081, R25GM111901 and R25GM111901-04S1). KA received additional support from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Michigan AgBioResearch Hatch projects MICL02410 and MICL02711. We thank the participants whose commitment and dedication made this trial possible, the garden leaders who supported and believed in this study, our partner DUG, and, specifically, Michael Buchenau, former DUG Executive Director, who, for the past 15 years, has graciously collaborated with the University of Colorado to examine the health and social benefits of community gardening. We are grateful for the contributions of our CAPS advisory committee: Betsy Johnson, Melanie Morrison, Sarah Muntz, Lara Fahnestock, Michael Buchenau, Linda Appel Lipsius, and Laura Gerlick. Additionally, we are indebted to the dedication and perseverance of our study personnel, who assisted in all facets of participant recruitment, retention, garden support, and data collection: Hannah Buchenau, Erin Decker, Lara Fahnestock, Pallas Quist, Abby Bohannan, Alyssa Beavers, Kristin Lacy, Ashby Sachs, Heidi Kessler, and Catherine Erickson. We also thank Tessa Crume and Carol-Ann Mullin for their support in the design of the data management system.Declaration of interestsJRH owns controlling interest in Connecting Health Innovations (CHI), a company that has licensed the right to his invention of the dietary inflammatory index (DII) and for which JRH and the University of South Carolina have secured a federally registered trademark for the DII. The CHI aims to develop computer and smartphone applications for patient counselling and dietary intervention in clinical settings. CHI owns all derivative products, including the energy-adjusted DII (E-DII). All CHI-related activity occurred outside the submitted work, which includes royalties paid to CHI. JRH confirms that the subject matter of this manuscript did not have any direct bearing on that work, nor has that activity exerted any influence on this project. All other authors declare no competing interests.Data sharingThe de-identified participant data and data dictionary generated by the CAPS trial and the statistical code can be shared by request of investigators and after approval by the trial investigators and the Institutional Review Board of the University of Colorado Boulder. Data inquiries can be directed to Jill Litt, at 