Medically tailored groceries (MTG), involving grocery items to be prepared at home, selected by a nutritional professional based on a treatment plan, is a growing approach adopted by healthcare systems to address food insecurity in their patient populations, a leading contribution to health disparities such as poor birth outcomes within pregnant populations. However, transportation and other social needs can often hinder patient uptake of clinic-based approaches. Findings from this study will help to better understand how home delivery of MTGs, with and without supplemental education and support to improve food literacy, behavioral and health outcomes.
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Food Insecurity
Timeframe: Change from baseline to delivery (assessed up to 40 weeks of pregnancy)
Food Insecurity
Timeframe: Change from baseline to 6-months post delivery
Baby Gestational Age
Timeframe: At birth
Baby Birthweight
Timeframe: At birth
Days Hospitalized (Baby)
Timeframe: From date of birth until the date of discharge from the hospital, assessed up to 100 months
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)/Special Care Nursery (SCN) Utilization
Timeframe: From admission date to the NICU/SCN until the date of discharge from NICU/SCN, assessed up to 100 months