Promoting Nutrition Security and Chronic Disease Management Through a Produce Prescription Program
Promoting Nutrition Security and Chronic Disease Management Through a Produce Prescription Program
The goal of this study is to assess the feasibility to implement a prescription produce program (PPP) over 12-months within a community-based health and wellness program. The main questions it aims to answer are: a) does participation in the PPP improve participants' nutrition and food security status, health outcomes, diet quality and chronic disease management between baseline and 12 months after participating in the PPP? b) what is the cost-benefit analysis of the PPP implementation?
Expanding the PPP over 12 months, incorporating additional healthy food items to increase variety, and including cooking skill sessions within the PPP will enhance participants' confidence in preventing and managing their chronic diseases. This initial assessment of the program will provide essential data for expansion and implementation. This PPP intervention will promote health equity by expanding the reach of our program and helping participants overcome SDOH, such as food insecurity, that prevent optimal diet quality and management of chronic diseases. Furthermore, continuous or more frequent monitoring of SDOH, provision of a variety of healthy food items, and lifestyle behavior change education should increase participant adherence to a more nutritious diet and medication management required for chronic disease management, and improve participants' chronic disease self-efficacy.
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