Nutrition OUtReach In Systems of Healthcare
University of Kansas Medical Center
Summary
Many children and adults receiving medical treatments have higher costs, which can make it harder for them to afford groceries. When someone can't afford enough food, and they do not receive proper nutrition it can make treatment more difficult. By doing this study investigators hope to learn more about whether addressing food insecurity by giving patients bags of food in clinic can help improve nutrition, reduce costs, and improve transplant and cellular therapy outcomes.
Description
Food insecurity (FI), defined as a lack of consistent access to enough food for every person in a household to live an active, healthy life due to insufficient money or other resources, affects 17 million (12.8%) of American households. FI is exacerbated in patients with complex medical conditions, and it is associated with worse health outcomes and increased healthcare utilization and costs. Strategies to address FI such as home-delivered meals or food assistance programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and food banks/pantries/pharmacies may improve healthcare outcom…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 8–80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Planning to receive transplant or cell therapy * Screen positive for food insecurity by answering "often true" or "sometimes true" to one of the following: * "Within the past 12 months, you worried that your food would run out before you got money to buy more," * "Within the past 12 months, the food you bought just didn't last and you didn't have money to get more." * Age 8 - 80 * Able to read/write English or Spanish (many patient-reported outcome measures lack validated translations in other languages) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who do not tolerate oral nutr…
Interventions
- OtherFood Bags
Participants will receive bags of shelf-stable food for 2-3 days for one individual twice a week in clinic. They will also receive recipes, handouts, and videos to help with education and food preparation.
Locations (4)
- Stanford UniversityStanford, California
- University of Kansas Cancer CenterFairway, Kansas
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, New York
- Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina