Food Rx + CHW: a community health worker-led medically tailored grocery intervention to address food insecurity and type 2 diabetes, a pilot randomized trial
These findings suggest that CHWs support a patient's ability to reduce hemoglobin A1c through dietary behavior changes and sustain this reduction over time. This trial was retrospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06476990) on June 20, 2024.
Authors
- Leny Montero
- Vanessa Camacho
- Debra K. Sullivan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1694-5829)
- Angela D. McCall
- Kristina M. Bridges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-974X)
- Leonidas E. Bantis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2364-2562)
- Manuel Solano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8589-3685)
- Megan Murray
- Alyssa Leibengood
- K. Allen Greiner
- Donna Young
- Jennifer Woodward
Institutions
- Sarah Samuels Center for Public Health & Evaluation (US)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26567-2
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00