Linking Education, Produce Provision, and Community Referrals to Improve Diabetes Care (LINK)

Summary

This is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (pRCT) that aims to test the effect of produce provision, diabetes education, and community referrals on hemoglobin A1c levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes experiencing food insecurity.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
• Nutrition Poor
• Food Deprivation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mid-Ohio Food Farmacy

The Food Farmacy arm receives weekly produce through a consortium of local food banks at the direction of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective.

BEHAVIORAL

Mid-Ohio Food Farmacy + Cooking for Diabetes

The Food Farmacy + Cooking for Diabetes Arm receives weekly produce through a consortium of local food banks at the direction of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective and Cooking for Diabetes, a 6-week diabetes self-management education and support and culinary education intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

Mid-Ohio Food Farmacy + Health Impact Ohio Pathways Hub

The Food Farmacy + Health Impact Ohio Pathways Hub Arm receives weekly produce through a consortium of local food banks at the direction of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective and has social needs address through a community health worker model at the direction of Health Impact Ohio. The community health worker meets with participants, evaluates and addresses non-medical, health-related social needs.

BEHAVIORAL

Mid-Ohio Food Farmacy + Cooking for Diabetes + Health Impact Ohio Pathways Hub

The Food Farmacy + Cooking for Diabetes + Health Impact Ohio Pathways Hub Arm receives all 3 interventions. Participants receive weekly produce through a consortium of local food banks at the direction of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, Cooking for Diabetes, a 6-week diabetes self-management education and support and culinary education intervention and has social needs addressed through a community health worker model at the direction of Health Impact Ohio. The community health worker meets with participants, evaluates and addresses non-medical, health-related social needs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  collaborator NIH

• Ohio State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Joshua Joseph, MD, MPH · Ohio State University

• Daniel Walker, PhD · Ohio State University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-02-06

Primary Completion

2026-07-01

Completion

2026-10-01

Countries

• United States

Study Locations