Active project · Medically Tailored Groceries / Produce Prescriptions
Healthy Baby, Healthy Mom Produce Rx Trial
Pregnancy is a critical period during which nutrition plays an important role for maternal and birth outcomes. Over the past three decades, the prevalence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increased by 149% and the prevalence of gestational diabetes incre…
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About this work
Pregnancy is a critical period during which nutrition plays an important role for maternal and birth outcomes. Over the past three decades, the prevalence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increased by 149% and the prevalence of gestational diabetes increased by 261% in the US. 11 There are also major disparities in these outcomes, with women from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and those of color disproportionally affected.
Studies have demonstrated that poor nutrition is a strong predictor for pregnancy complications and suboptimal birth outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight. Produce prescriptions hold significant promise for addressing the alarming crisis of nutrition-related adverse outcomes and disparities for pregnant women, and yet the scientific evidence for its impact on maternal and birth outcomes is still limited. Importantly, to ensure that its full potential is reached, it is essential to obtain input from key stakeholders–patients and clinical staff–to assess how, why, and in what context produce prescriptions best meet the needs of patients.
Project Aims Aim One To qualitatively assess factors for effective design and delivery of produce prescriptions for improving maternal and birth outcomes and reducing disparities through in-depth interviews with 20 stakeholders (10 patients and 10 clinical staff). Aim Two To evaluate the feasibility of implementing produce prescriptions in prenatal care clinics and prospectively assessing pregnancy…
Why this matters
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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