RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT07010289

Nurturing Outreach for Understanding and Reducing Inpatient Security of Health

NOURISH: Nurturing Outreach for Understanding and Reducing Inpatient Security of Health

Sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Enrollment

30 participants

Start Date

Jul 7, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Food Insecurity

Summary

Food insecurity is the lack of consistent access to the food needed for a healthy life. Food insecurity among families whose child has been hospitalized is a critical problem affecting a large, vulnerable population. The purpose of this study is to identity the most effective ways to help those families with food insecurity.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria7

caregiver and legal guardian of a pediatric patient hospitalized in the acute care units of Brenner Children's Hospital, who have screened positive for food insecurity during the hospitalization.
lives in the same household as the pediatric patient hospitalized
lives in Forsyth County, North Carolina
has a freezer and oven in the household
does not have family members with food allergies in the household
willing to accept weekly meal deliveries at home address
speaks English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria2

subjects who do not have the capacity to give legally effective consent
planning to leave Forsyth County, North Carolina within 6 months of enrollment date

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Interventions

OTHERPrepared Meals

Participants will receive the intervention of weekly home meal delivery, consecutively for 4 weeks, delivered to their home. The meals will be provided by Providence Community Kitchen, which is a program of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC. During the 4 weeks of meal provisions, participants will receive 7 family style frozen dinners delivered to the participant's home weekly. Meals are frozen, have minimal preparation time, and can be heated by oven.

OTHERGrocery Gift Cards

Participants will receive weekly grocery store gift cards, consecutively for 4 weeks. During the 4 weeks of gift card provisions, participants will receive (1) $40.00 grocery store gift card weekly, mailed to participants' home address by study staff.

OTHERStandard of Care

Participants will receive the current standard for care for families endorsing inpatient food insecurity during a hospitalization, which include provision of printed and electronic food access resources. Currently, all families with positive food insecurity screening are met by a community health worker in the hospital who reviews current food access status with families (including enrollment in federal nutrition programs) and provides them with printed and electronic resources of nearby food pantries and other food access resources available to them at time of discharge from the hospital.