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Health-Related Social Needs Food Boxes Delivery Program

Nourishing At Home: Health-Related Social Needs Food Boxes Delivery Program

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

  • Time periods mentioned: 6 months

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Eligible families living within a 20-mile radius of BMC and with a safe delivery location will first receive standard of care for six months then they will be assigned to receive one home-delivered food box per month for six months containing staple foods and fresh produce, in a stepped wedge design."
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 small study tests whether home delivery of food boxes chosen for medical needs can help families get enough food and improve their health and well-being. It is for families with a child under 18 who gets care at Boston Medical Center Pediatrics and has a qualifying health need.

Nourishing At Home: Health-Related Social Needs Food Boxes Delivery Program is a pilot intervention study evaluating whether home delivery of medically tailored food boxes can reduce food insecurity and improve health outcomes among pediatric families including caregiver physical and mental health, child physical health, and overall family well-being.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • You have a child under 18 who gets care at Boston Medical Center Pediatrics.
  • Your family screens positive for risk of not having enough food, has received food support or a food resource guide, or was referred to the BMC food pantry within 7 days of a visit.
  • Your child has a qualifying need: a mental or behavioral health condition; a complex physical health condition; a need for help with daily tasks; or repeated emergency room visits.
  • Qualifying mental or behavioral health needs include anxiety, ADHD (trouble with attention or activity level), depression, serious emotional or mental illness, substance use problems, or trauma or stress disorders.
  • Qualifying physical conditions include immune system problems, developmental disabilities, and conditions affecting digestion, blood, how the body uses food for energy, or the brain and nerves.
  • Repeated emergency room visits means at least 2 visits in the past 6 months or at least 4 in the past 12 months.
  • You speak English, Spanish, or both.

Who can't join

  • A high-risk pregnancy in a teen.
  • Less than 2 months since giving birth.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Participant has a child younger than 18 years seen by the Boston Medical Center Pediatrics Department and the child has a qualifying Health condition \[listed below\] * Screens positive for food insecurity risk (Hunger Vital Sign + 1-Item VLFS) and/or has received food support (billing code on the electronic health record for food need using a positive response to the THRIVE question "Do you need support with food? \[apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women, Infants and Children (WIC), referral to food pantry\]" (ICD-10 Z-59.48)), and/or has received a food insecurity resource guide and/or has received food emergency (referral to the BMC food pantry within seven days of encounter). * Child of participant has a health-related condition such as: a behavioral health need (anxiety, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, serious emotional disturbance, serious mental illness, substance use disorder, trauma/stress disorder), complex physical health condition (autoimmune conditions, developmental disabilities, GI conditions, hematological conditions, metabolic conditions, and neurologic conditions), needs assistance with self-care tasks or more complex tasks, has repeated Emergency Department (ED) use (2 or more times in past 6 months or 4 or more times in the past 12 months). * Participant speaks English and/or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * High-risk adolescent pregnancy * Postpartum \<2 months

Study sites (1)

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