Food Insecurity Reduction & Strategy Team
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study tests a food and nutrition program for people with diabetes who are in the hospital and have trouble getting enough food. It compares usual care with usual care plus two meal deliveries a day for up to 90 days after leaving the hospital, food education, and ongoing support.
This study seeks to address the multifaceted challenges posed by food disparities and their negative consequences on health outcomes, via a comprehensive community health intervention program. Study objectives include: 1. To describe the social-demographic and clinical factors associated with food insecurity in the hospitalized diabetic population. 2. To design, implement and evaluate a nutrition program targeting the hospitalized diabetic population. The investigators will prospectively randomize the target population into either a nutrition program (Intervention), or state-of-art standard of care (SOC) in a 4:1 ratio. Participants in the intervention group will be provided the following two resources in addition to SOC: 1) Enhanced access to nutritious food (twice daily meal delivery up to 90 days post-discharge) 2) Education at discharge and continuing outreach to enhance knowledge for better diet and food options. 3. To enhance community engagement and develop a systematic implementation plan for long-term roll-out of the nutrition program.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Have type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
- Be admitted to a Stanford Healthcare hospital unit.
- Live in California when joining the study.
- Have a screening result showing trouble getting enough food.
- Have a health plan covered by Mom's Meals.
Who can't join
- Plan to go to a skilled nursing facility, a place that provides nursing care, after leaving the hospital.
- Prefer a language that has no short consent form available for agreeing to join the study.
- Have no home address.
- Be pregnant.
- Have no access to a refrigerator.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus * Admitted to Stanford Healthcare inpatient unit * Residence in California at time of enrollment * Positive Screening for Food Insecurity * On a Healthcare Plan covered by Mom's Meals. Exclusion Criteria: * Plans to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility. * Patients who prefer a language for which a short-form consent is not available. * No Home Address * Pregnant Participants. * No access to refrigerator.
Study sites (1)
CA
- Stanford Medicine · Palo Alto, CA 94304Neera Ahuja, MD · Study contact · 650-725-3515 · nahuja@stanfordhealthcare.orgMore trials in Palo Alto