Nurturing Outreach for Understanding and Reducing Inpatient Security of Health

Launched by WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · May 30, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial, called "Nurturing Outreach for Understanding and Reducing Inpatient Security of Health," is focused on helping families who struggle with food insecurity, which means not having reliable access to enough healthy food. The study aims to find the best ways to support families with children who are hospitalized and have been identified as facing food insecurity.

To participate in this study, caregivers or legal guardians of pediatric patients at Brenner Children's Hospital must meet certain criteria. They need to live in Forsyth County, North Carolina, share a home with the hospitalized child, and have a freezer and oven. They must also be comfortable receiving weekly meal deliveries at their home and communicate in English or Spanish. The trial is not yet recruiting participants, but it will offer valuable assistance to families in need, ensuring they receive nutritious meals during a difficult time.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • caregiver and legal guardian of a pediatric patient hospitalized in the acute care units of Brenner Children's Hospital, who have screened positive for food insecurity during the hospitalization.
• • lives in the same household as the pediatric patient hospitalized
• • lives in Forsyth County, North Carolina
• • has a freezer and oven in the household
• • does not have family members with food allergies in the household
• • willing to accept weekly meal deliveries at home address
• • speaks English or Spanish
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • subjects who do not have the capacity to give legally effective consent
• • planning to leave Forsyth County, North Carolina within 6 months of enrollment date