Nourishing Beginnings: Addressing Food Insecurity During Pregnancy

Summary

This is a pilot project designed to test the feasibility of implementing a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention to improve nutritious food access and consumption among pregnant people and to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach. The project will be conducted in partnership with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank and the Better Health Partnership Community Health Worker HUB

Conditions

• Pregnancy Related
• Food Insecurity
• Premature Birth
• Pregnancy Complications

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Food Delivery

Food box with food to feed a family of four, delivered by the Greater Cleveland Food Bank every two weeks. Based on participant preferences, includes recipes.

OTHER

Financial Support

Provides supplemental funds to purchase healthy foods; provides choice. Includes recipes for limited budgets and assistance locating healthy food options in their specific neighborhood.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Better Health Partnership

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Greater Cleveland Food Bank

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Pregnancy with Possibilities Resource Center

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Village of Healing Center

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• United Way of Greater Cleveland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• MetroHealth Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Cleveland Department of Public Health

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Case Western Reserve University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Elaine A Borawski, PhD · Case Western Reserve University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-07-01

Primary Completion

2026-04-01

Completion

2026-07-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations