Linking Education, Produce Provision, and Community Referrals to Improve Diabetes Care (LINK)

Conditions studied

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Nutrition Poor, Food Deprivation

About this study

This is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (pRCT) that aims to test the effect of produce provision, diabetes education, and community referrals on hemoglobin A1c levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes experiencing food insecurity.

Interventions

• Behavioral: Mid-Ohio Food Farmacy — The Food Farmacy arm receives weekly produce through a consortium of local food banks at the direction of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective.
• Behavioral: Mid-Ohio Food Farmacy + Cooking for Diabetes — The Food Farmacy + Cooking for Diabetes Arm receives weekly produce through a consortium of local food banks at the direction of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective and Cooking for Diabetes, a 6-week diabetes self-management education and support and culinary education intervention.
• Behavioral: Mid-Ohio Food Farmacy + Health Impact Ohio Pathways Hub — The Food Farmacy + Health Impact Ohio Pathways Hub Arm receives weekly produce through a consortium of local food banks at the direction of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective and has social needs address through a community health worker model at the direction of Health Impact Ohio. The community health worker meets with participants, evaluates and addresses non-medical, health-related social needs.
• Behavioral: Mid-Ohio Food Farmacy + Cooking for Diabetes + Health Impact Ohio Pathways Hub — The Food Farmacy + Cooking for Diabetes + Health Impact Ohio Pathways Hub Arm receives all 3 interventions. Participants receive weekly produce through a consortium of local food banks at the direction of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, Cooking for Diabetes, a 6-week diabetes self-management education and support and culinary education intervention and has social needs addressed through a community health worker model at the direction of Health Impact Ohio. The community health worker meets with participants, evaluates and addresses non-medical, health-related social needs.

Primary outcomes

• Change in Hemoglobin A1c (3 months)

Eligibility information

Study locations

• The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210 United States