NCT06428578

Enhancing Food as Medicine Interventions for Food Insecure Postpartum Women in Central Texas

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the short-term and long term impacts of Food is the Best Medicine (FBM)-Virtual on diet quality, food security status, breastfeeding rates, mental health status, rates of home cooking, and rationing coping strategies relative to FBM-In Person among food insecure, postpartum women and to compare implementation outcomes across the FBM-Virtual and FBM-In Person using process data collected from the participants, Community Health Worker (CHW)s, and partner organizations.

Conditions

• Food Insecurity in Post Partum Women

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	FBM-In person	Participants will receive two home visits by a CHW. Each home visit will last about 30 minutes, during which the CHW will assist the woman with community resources and help with enrolling in any state or federal nutrition and medical programs. Furthermore, the participants will be given access to a private Facebook group for nutrition, health education, and social support. Home visits will occur during the second and fifth weeks of the study.
OTHER	FBM-Virtual	Participants will receive access to a virtual platform which will have information on national, state, and local food and medical resources, as well as local community resources, and will have access to a private Facebook group for nutrition, health education, and social support.
OTHER	home delivered food boxes	Participants will receive weekly deliveries of a box containing fresh produce and staple goods (approximately 5 meals a week), culturally tailored meals (6 meals a week), and prepared fruit, vegetable and grain-forward meal kits (4 units a week) plus standard nutrition education materials consisting of recipes inside of the boxes. Each participant will receive one box for eight consecutive weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2025-06-30
• First posted: 2024-05-24
• Last updated: 2024-05-24

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States