Nurturing Outreach for Understanding and Reducing Inpatient Security of Health

Part of paid clinical trials in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study ID
NCT07010289
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Food Insecurity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
N/A - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Prepared Meals — OTHER
    Participants will receive the intervention of weekly home meal delivery, consecutively for 4 weeks, delivered to their home. The meals will be provided by Providence Community Kitchen, which is a program of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC. During the 4 weeks of meal provisions, participants will receive 7 family style frozen dinners delivered to the participant's home weekly. Meals are frozen, have minimal preparation time, and can be heated by oven.
  • Grocery Gift Cards — OTHER
    Participants will receive weekly grocery store gift cards, consecutively for 4 weeks. During the 4 weeks of gift card provisions, participants will receive (1) $40.00 grocery store gift card weekly, mailed to participants' home address by study staff.
  • Standard of Care — OTHER
    Participants will receive the current standard for care for families endorsing inpatient food insecurity during a hospitalization, which include provision of printed and electronic food access resources. Currently, all families with positive food insecurity screening are met by a community health worker in the hospital who reviews current food access status with families (including enrollment in federal nutrition programs) and provides them with printed and electronic resources of nearby food pantries and other food access resources available to them at time of discharge from the hospital.

Study Details

Food insecurity is the lack of consistent access to the food needed for a healthy life. Food insecurity among families whose child has been hospitalized is a critical problem affecting a large, vulnerable population. The purpose of this study is to identity the most effective ways to help those families with food insecurity.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 7, 2025
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Prepared Meals
    Weekly home meal delivery for four weeks.
  • Experimental: Grocery Gift Cards
    Weekly grocery store gift cards for four weeks.
  • Active Comparator: Standard of Care
    Provision of printed and electronic food access resources.
  • Experimental: Prepared Meals - Hematology/Oncology Cohort
    Weekly home meal delivery for four weeks.
  • Experimental: Grocery Gift Cards - Hematology/Oncology Cohort
    Weekly grocery store gift cards for four weeks.
  • Active Comparator: Standard of Care - Hematology/Oncology Cohort
    Provision of printed and electronic food access resources.

Primary Outcome Measure

Number of Caregivers Asked to Take Part in Study [ Time Frame: Month 4 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Brenner Children's HospitalWinston-SalemNorth Carolina27157
Leila DeWitt, DO, MA
[email protected]
336-713-3552

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