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

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 44
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• receiving prenatal care at high-risk obstetric clinics

• \<= 20 weeks medically-confirmed viable pregnancy

• designated as high risk \[Age\>=35 years, or obese or overweight (BMI\>=25.0 at pre pregnancy self-report), or prior history of pregnancy hypertension or gestational diabetes\]

• within the zip code delivery radius

Locations
United States
Texas
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
RECRUITING
Houston
Contact Information
Primary
Nalini Ranjit, PhD
Nalini.Ranjit@uth.tmc.edu
(512) 391-2527
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-07-26
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-11-25
Participants
Target number of participants: 200
Treatments
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.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: American Heart Association
Leads: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

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