Enhancing the Effectiveness of Home-delivery Based Produce Prescription Program Implementation Strategies

Conditions

• Nutritional Deficiency in Pregnancy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

FEMALE

Age

18 Years - 44 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Produce Prescription Program (PPRx) Standard — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will receive biweekly deliveries of 20 lbs (\~50 servings) of fresh produce (8-10 different kinds of produce) plus standard nutrition education materials consisting of nutrition education infographics inside of the produce prescription boxes as well as online videos, recipes, and nutrition tips accessed via Quick Response (QR) code.
• Smartphone App — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will be given access to a smartphone app that allows women to interact with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to obtain real-time cooking suggestions.

Study Details

Harris Health System is currently participating, along with two other partners, GoldiFresh Inc., and Brighter Bites, in a cross-sector collaborative home delivery-based Produce Prescription Program (PPRx) pilot initiative that provides consistent access to healthy food plus nutrition education to Medicaid-eligible pregnant women in Harris County, TX, deemed to be at high risk of adverse pregnancy or birth outcomes. The objectives of this study are two-fold: (a) to examine utilization of food basket contents and improvements in diet quality in this home delivery based PPRx program, and (b) to evaluate if and the extent to which utilization of food basket contents outcomes improves with support from an interactive AI-based conversational agent to convert food into healthy meals.

Key Dates

Start date

Jul 26, 2024

Status verified

Jul 2025

Primary completion

Nov 25, 2025

Completion

Nov 25, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Active Comparator: Produce Prescription Program (PPRx) Standard
  Participants will receive biweekly deliveries of 20 lbs (\~50 servings) of fresh produce (8-10 different kinds of produce) plus standard nutrition education materials consisting of nutrition education infographics inside of the produce prescription boxes as well as online videos, recipes, and nutrition tips accessed via Quick Response (QR) code.
• Experimental: Produce Prescription Program (PPRx) Standard plus Smartphone App
  Participants will receive biweekly deliveries of 20 lbs (\~50 servings) of fresh produce (8-10 different kinds of produce) plus the same standard nutrition education materials provided to the control group consisting of nutrition education infographics inside of the produce prescription boxes as well as online videos, recipes, and nutrition tips accessed via Quick Response (QR) code. Additionally, participants will be given access to a smartphone app that allows women to interact with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to obtain real-time cooking suggestions.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in consumption of home-delivered produce from baseline to 6 months [ Time Frame: Measures will be collected at baseline, and 6 times at random intervals over the next 6 months ]

Central Contacts

• Nalini Ranjit, PhD
  (512) 391-2527
  [email protected]

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