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Novel Mobile Resource for Food Insecurity

NCT06919445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 608

Last updated 2026-01-13

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a novel text-message-based intervention is a more effective method for providing food resource information to families of recently hospitalized children who are experiencing food insecurity compared to the current standard practice of a paper handout delivered at the time of hospital discharge. The hypotheses the investigators seek to prove are:

1. That the Text Connect intervention will have greater reach and engagement and be more effective in facilitating connection to food resources than receiving a paper handout alone.
2. That the Text Connect intervention will improve household food security to a greater degree than a paper handout alone.

Conditions

  • Food Insecurity

Interventions

OTHER

'Text Connect' text messages

The Text Connect message includes 1) a link to a FindHelp (an online social resource database available in over 100 languages) search tailored to the recipient's home ZIP code 2) information regarding applying for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and information regarding applying for the Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). All text message content was initially developed in consultation with caregivers of children with FI identified during an admission through a Community Engagement studio and was approved by the institution's Effective Health Communication Core. The investigators have adapted the content based on feedback from participants in the pilot study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-03
Primary Completion
2026-01-09
Completion
2026-01-09

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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