The purpose of this research is to see if offering more navigation and text-message support will help increase participation and engagement in a Food is Medicine program. The study will recruit people currently participating in cardiac rehabilitation. People will be randomly assigned to 1 of 4 study groups: navigation, text-messaging, both, or neither. People will complete surveys at the start of the study and after 3 months. After 3 months, we will compare how many Food is Medicine meals or groceries people in each group received.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
84
Participants will receive a message sent to their electronic health record portal with instructions about how to sign up for a food is medicine program.
Participants will receive a weekly phone call from a navigator to promote enrollment in the food is medicine program and address any barriers to participation.
Participants will receive two text messages per week to promote healthy eating, enrolling in a food is medicine program, and continuing to participate in a food is medicine program.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Participant reported satisfaction
Scale of 1 \[Quite dissatisfied\] to 5 \[Very satisfied\]
Time frame: 3 months
Number of food is medicine meal or grocery distributions received
Time frame: 3 months
Proportion of participants initiating the food is medicine program
Numerator = number of participants who received at least 1 meal or grocery distribution; Denominator = number of participants in study arm
Time frame: 3 months
Proportion of participants engaged in the food is medicine program
Numerator = number of participants who received at least 8 meal or grocery distributions; Denominator = number of participants in study arm
Time frame: 3 months
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