Impact of Enhanced Food Pantry Services on Food Security among Adults with Diabetes Using a Crossover Study Design
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Food banks and pantries provide food to millions of food-insecure households each year. However, there has been limited research to understand the extent to which they improve food security. This is a secondary, prespecified analysis of a randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02569060). We examined whether an enhanced food bank intervention impacted the food security status of adults with diabetes. Using a crossover design, participants (n = 568) were randomly assigned to receive the intervention (usual pantry services plus twice-monthly diabetes-specific food boxes, diabetes self-management education, health care referrals, and glucose monitoring) or 6 mo of usual services. Results demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in food insecurity among participants following the intervention phase compared with the control phase (mean: 0.49-point decrease; 95% CI: 0.21, 0.77; P = 0.0006). This finding adds to evidence that the charitable food system plays an important role in mitigating short-term food insecurity for adults with diabetes.
DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzac021
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,750
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of California, San Francisco, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
OpenAlex ID: W4210617536