Nourishing Beginnings: Addressing Food Insecurity During Pregnancy

Description

This is a pilot project designed to test the feasibility of implementing a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention to improve nutritious food access and consumption among pregnant people and to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach. The project will be conducted in partnership with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank and the Better Health Partnership Community Health Worker HUB

Conditions

Pregnancy Related, Food Insecurity, Premature Birth, Pregnancy Complications

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This is a pilot project designed to test the feasibility of implementing a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention to improve nutritious food access and consumption among pregnant people and to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach. The project will be conducted in partnership with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank and the Better Health Partnership Community Health Worker HUB

Nourishing Beginnings: Addressing Food Insecurity Among Medicaid-Eligible Pregnant Individuals

Nourishing Beginnings: Addressing Food Insecurity During Pregnancy

Condition
Pregnancy Related
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Cleveland

Mom's First, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106

Cleveland

Better Health Partnership CHW HUB, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44113

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

  • * Medicaid eligible
  • * Enrolls in the CHW Hub
  • * Able to read and understand English

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Case Western Reserve University,

Elaine A Borawski, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Case Western Reserve University

Study Record Dates

2026-02-28