Novel Mobile Resource for Food Insecurity

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a novel text-message-based intervention is a more effective method for providing food resource information to families of recently hospitalized children who are experiencing food insecurity compared to the current standard practice of a paper handout delivered at the time of hospital discharge. The hypotheses the investigators seek to prove are: 1. That the Text Connect intervention will have greater reach and engagement and be more effective in facilitating connection to food resources than receiving a paper handout alone. 2. That the Text Connect intervention will improve household food security to a greater degree than a paper handout alone.

Conditions

Food Insecurity

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a novel text-message-based intervention is a more effective method for providing food resource information to families of recently hospitalized children who are experiencing food insecurity compared to the current standard practice of a paper handout delivered at the time of hospital discharge. The hypotheses the investigators seek to prove are: 1. That the Text Connect intervention will have greater reach and engagement and be more effective in facilitating connection to food resources than receiving a paper handout alone. 2. That the Text Connect intervention will improve household food security to a greater degree than a paper handout alone.

Novel Mobile Resource for Food Insecurity Randomized Controlled Trial

Novel Mobile Resource for Food Insecurity

Condition
Food Insecurity
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Nashville

Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Must be a caregiver of a child admitted to the hospital
  • * Must have a positive screening for Food Insecurity documented in the Electronic Health Record as conducted as part of the child's routine clinical care
  • * Primary language other than English or Spanish
  • * Repeat admission during the study period

Ages Eligible for Study

to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Vanderbilt University Medical Center,

Study Record Dates

2026-03-02