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Accelerating Healthcare Engagement in Healthy Food Interventions - Food Rx in High Risk Pregnant Mothers With About Fresh and Community Health Choice

Description

The purpose of the study is to assess if the Fresh Connect food prescription (Fresh Connect Food Rx) program that provides consistent access to healthy fresh produce through purchases at the grocery store plus nutrition education impacts gestational weight gain, other pregnancy and birth outcomes, and food and nutrition security in low-income, ethnically diverse, at-risk women residing in Houston, Texas. Enrollment of participants will begin in pregnancy at the time of the first prenatal visit (as long as the first visit occurs before the end of the first trimester); each participant will be followed until 60 days post-partum (up to 11 months follow-up per participant).

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of the study is to assess if the Fresh Connect food prescription (Fresh Connect Food Rx) program that provides consistent access to healthy fresh produce through purchases at the grocery store plus nutrition education impacts gestational weight gain, other pregnancy and birth outcomes, and food and nutrition security in low-income, ethnically diverse, at-risk women residing in Houston, Texas. Enrollment of participants will begin in pregnancy at the time of the first prenatal visit (as long as the first visit occurs before the end of the first trimester); each participant will be followed until 60 days post-partum (up to 11 months follow-up per participant).

Accelerating Healthcare Engagement in Healthy Food Interventions - Food Rx in High Risk Pregnant Mothers With About Fresh and Community Health Choice

Accelerating Healthcare Engagement in Healthy Food Interventions - Food Rx in High Risk Pregnant Mothers With About Fresh and Community Health Choice

Condition
Nutrition in High-Risk Pregnancy
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Houston

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * high-risk pregnant mothers receiving care at Texas Children's Health Plan (TCHP) managed care organizations in Houston, Texas
  • * \<20 weeks medically confirmed viable pregnancy
  • * overweight/obese pre-pregnancy or at first trimester (self-report or measured BMI\>30.0), and/or prior history of diabetes or gestational diabetes, and/or prior history of hypertension or pregnancy-induced hypertension
  • * not a high-risk pregnant mother receiving care at Texas Children's Health Plan (TCHP) managed care organizations in Houston, Texas

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 44 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston,

Shreela Sharma, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Record Dates

2027-07-15