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Pediatric Food is Medicine Study

State University of New York at Buffalo · with National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) · NCT07770490

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
225
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
July 23, 2026
Record last updated
August 18, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how to increase the usage and acceptability of Food Is Medicine programs among families with young children experiencing food insecurity who receive Medicaid benefits. Food Is Medicine programs connect food and nutrition programs to the healthcare system to address health issues. Food Is Medicine programs include food prescription programs that are recommended to patients by healthcare providers. These programs are designed to increase the amount of fruit and vegetables people eat to improve their health. The program described here works with pediatric practices serving a high Medicaid population in Buffalo, NY to recruit families with children aged 2-6 who are experiencing food insecurity-not having reliable access to the food they need. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • What food prescription program is used most completely and consistently by food insecure families with children aged 2-6?
  • How do the programs being tested impact the amount of fruits and vegetables children eat and the household's food and nutrition security status?

Researchers will compare 2 experimental delivery Food Is Medicine programs, a meal kit program and a produce prescription program, to each other and a standard of care mobile market voucher program to understand which program works the best for families with young children.

Participants will

  • Receive 1 of 3 food prescription programs for 24 weeks (6 months)
  • Complete a short survey at different times throughout the program reporting how much of the food in the food prescription their family ate and why they didn't eat it all (if applicable).
  • Complete a phone survey about their family, their eating and shopping habits, and other health questions before they start the program, at the end of the program, and 6 months after the program ended.
  • Complete an online diet recall survey recording what their child aged 2-6 ate for a 24-hour period before they start the program, at the end of the program, and 6 months after the program ended.

Being studied: Delivered Produce Prescription; Delivered Healthy Meal Kit; Standard of Care Mobile Market Voucher

Conditions: Food Insecurity; Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Children; Produce Prescription Program Utilization

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • parent or primary caregiver of a child aged 2-6
  • child must receive Medicaid benefits
  • child must receive pediatric care at one of the study's 3 pediatric practice partners
  • participant must screen positive for food insecurity using the two-item food security measures on NYS Medicaid Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool): 1.) Within the past 12 months, you worried that your food would run out before you got money to buy more (Often true, Sometimes true, Never true), and 2.) Within the past 12 months, the food you bought just didn't last and you didn't have money to get more (Often true, Sometimes true, Never true).
  • participant must be responsible for at least 50% of the household food shopping
  • participant must be able to store and prepare food in their home

Exclusion Criteria

  • families with severe food allergies
  • parents who report their child aged 2-6 is diagnosed with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD), or dysphagia
  • parents who report their child aged 2-6 is diagnosed with any conditions they feel would limit their child's eating/feeding to the point they are unable to participate in this study
  • individuals who do not speak English or Spanish fluently
  • households receiving nutrition services through NYS Medicaid 1115 waiver or similar free programs providing produce prescriptions or meal kits will be excluded until these free nutrition services end as these services would be duplicative of the interventions offered through this study

Recruiting US locations

  • University at Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY 14214-8001

    Site contact: Anne Lally Mathiebe, PhD · 716-829-5436 · annelall@buffalo.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Lucia Leone, PhD · 716-829-6953 · lucialeo@buffalo.edu
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