Evolving food as medicine programs to advance health equity: insights from two decades of practice
By embedding equity into every stage of program design and assessment, this case study provides a replicable framework for health systems aiming to sustain and scale food-based interventions. It also contributes to the limited but growing body of literature on systems-level implementation of FAM programs that address both individual health outcomes and structural drivers of inequity.
Authors
- Kate Gardner Burt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6115-6450)
- Olivia Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-3683)
- Kelsey A. Egan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5802-4502)
- Richard Sheward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-9495)
- Cristina Gago
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Lehman College (US)
- Community Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Opinion in Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mop.0000000000001531
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00