RECRUITING

Nurturing Outreach for Understanding and Reducing Inpatient Security of Health

Description

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.

Conditions

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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.

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

Nurturing Outreach for Understanding and Reducing Inpatient Security of Health

Condition
Food Insecurity
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Winston-Salem

Brenner Children's Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 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
  • * 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

Ages Eligible for Study

to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Wake Forest University Health Sciences,

Leila DeWitt, DO, MA, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brenner Children's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2025-10