In this project’s previous grant period , we used national and state microsimulation modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, legal and policy analyses, and real-choice experiments to elucidate the health, equity, and cost impacts of specific nutrition-related p…
Federal Nutrition ProgramsMedically Tailored Groceries / Produce PrescriptionsMedically Tailored MealsCancerCardiometabolic DiseasePolicy Analysis and Advocacy
About this work
In this project’s previous grant period , we used national and state microsimulation modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, legal and policy analyses, and real-choice experiments to elucidate the health, equity, and cost impacts of specific nutrition-related policies for reducing cardiometabolic diseases (CMD). Our work has identified among the most promising interventions to be Food is Medicine (FIM) strategies: incorporation of food-based nutritional interventions into healthcare to improve food and nutrition security, treat disease, and reduce health disparities. Such programs include medically tailored meals or produce prescriptions for patients with specific disease conditions, complemented by nutrition and culinary education, and often focused on populations with adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) from low-income or racial/ethnic minority backgrounds.
Yet, critical questions remain, each identified and crystalized by our findings and interactions in the prior project period with key stakeholders such as healthcare sector leaders; government officials; patients, doctors, and other care providers; and FIM non-profit providers and private sector entrepreneurs. This new project will leverage the deep learnings and networks established in our prior project period to address its key aims. Project Aims Aim One To estimate the health, equity, and cost impacts of varying FIM program design options; Aim Two To assess intersections of FIM with other levels of healthcare…
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Produce prescriptions are projected to prevent about 126,000 cardiovascular events over ten years among U.S. adults with diabetes and food insecurity. Work like this tests how to deliver them where people already are, so the evidence can reach scale.
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