CommunityRx-Hunger

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Conditions studied: Food Insecurity

In brief

CommunityRx-Hunger (CRx-H) is a hospital-based intervention that addresses food insecurity and other health-related social needs such as transportation, housing, utilities, and safety. Study team members are recruiting caregivers at the time of their child's hospital admission at a large urban children's hospital. For Aim 1, the primary outcome is self-efficacy among food insecure caregivers compared to those who receive the usual standard of care. For Aim 2, the primary outcome is satisfaction with care compared between food secure and food insecure caregivers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04171999

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

660

Starts

2020-01-06

Expected to finish

2023-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-28

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Native English or Spanish speaker
• Living in 1 of 27 zip codes in the study's target region
• Self-identify as a primary caregiver of a child <18 years old hospitalized in a large urban children's hospital
• Ability to send and receive text messages
• Access to a mobile phone and agrees to receive text messages from the study

You may not qualify if…

• Previous participation in a CRx research study.
• Caregivers of newborns in the hospital
• Patient hospital stay is less than 24 hours
• Patient hospital stay is 30 days or more
• Patient has an eating disorder as indicated in the EMR

Where it is running

• University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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