Accelerating Healthcare Engagement in Healthy Food Interventions - Food Rx in High Risk Pregnant Mothers With About Fresh and Community Health Choice
Start Date
7/3/2025
Completion Date
12/1/2027
Summary
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).
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Interventions
Usual Care Fresh Connect cardholder engagement
Enhanced engagement communication
Conditions
Locations
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas 77030
United States