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Accelerating Healthcare Engagement in Healthy Food Interventions - Food Rx in High Risk Pregnant Mothers With About Fresh and Community Health Choice

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

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

Inclusion Criteria: * Less than or equal to 20 weeks medically confirmed viable pregnancy * high-risk pregnant mothers receiving care at Community Health Choice managed care organizations in Houston, Texas (High risk may include overweight/obese pre-pregnancy or at first trimester (self-report or measured BMI\>30.0), and/or prior history of diabetes or gestational diabetes, and/or prior history of hypertension or pregnancy-induced hypertension) Exclusion Criteria: * Does not Speak English or Spanish

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care Fresh Connect cardholder engagement

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced engagement communication

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Conditions

Nutrition in High-Risk Pregnancy

Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas 77030

United States