Fresh Carts for Mom's to Improve Food Security and Glucose Management

Summary

This study will look at the benefit of decreasing food insecurity and improving glucose control among women who either report gestational diabetes (GDM) at 20-28-weeks or have type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with a confirmed pregnancy. Participants will receive a grocery prescription with delivery through Instacart at the start of the study or after 12 weeks or frozen medically tailored meals delivered from Door Dash. Researchers will compare the grocery prescription program, MTM (medically tailored meals), relative to standard of care to see if the impact on these food as medicine programs can improve glucose control over 12-weeks as compared to standard of care.

Conditions

• Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Fresh Funds for Mom's

Participants will enroll in Instacart Fresh Funds program. Once enrolled participants will select foods that are eligible in the Fresh Funds to be delivered to their home each week for 12 weeks. Those in standard care will maintain usual care with their healthcare provider. The standard care arm after the initial 12-weeks and post intervention survey will then select foods that are eligible in the Fresh Funds to be delivered to their home each week for 12 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Medical care

Those in standard care will maintain usual care with their healthcare provider. The standard care arm after the initial 12-weeks and post intervention survey will then select foods that are eligible in the Fresh Funds to be delivered to their home each week for 12 weeks or be provided the medically tailored meals for 12 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Medically Tailored Frozen Meals

Participants will enroll in the MTM program. Once enrolled participants will receive 10 frozen meals delivered by Door Dash to their home each week for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Instacart Health

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Kentucky Association of Health Plans

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Alison Gustafson

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Alison Gustafson, PhD · University of Kentucky

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

55 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-09-26

Primary Completion

2024-04-28

Completion

2024-04-28

Countries

• United States

Study Locations