Enhancing Food as Medicine Interventions for Food Insecure Postpartum Women in Central Texas

Change in quality of diet as assessed by number of times participants ate certain food items in the past month as reported in the questionnaire

时间窗: Baseline, immediately after intervention (within 2 weeks of completion of intervention), three months after end of intervention

This data will be reported categorically for 14 different food items as follows: 1. fruit 2. green leafy or lettuce salad 3. fried potatoes 4. other kind of potatoes 5. refired/baked/ cooked beans 6. other vegetables that were not deep-fried 7. salsa made with tomato 8. pizza 9. tomato sauce 10. lean protein 11. plant-based protein 12. brown rice or other cooked whole grains 13. whole grain bread 14. regular soda/pop

Percentage of participants that face financial challenges as assessed by the Financial Self-Efficacy Scale

时间窗: Baseline, immediately after intervention (within 2 weeks of completion of intervention), three months after end of intervention

A single item from the Financial Self Efficacy scale will be used.

Change in level of household food insecurity experienced as assessed by the US Household Food Security questionnaire

时间窗: Baseline, immediately after intervention (within 2 weeks of completion of intervention), three months after end of intervention

This is an 6 item questionnaire . Raw score will be reported and score ranges from 0-6. Raw score of 0-1 shows high or marginal food security, raw score of 2- indicates low food security and raw score of 5-6 shows very low food insecurity.

Total duration of breastfeeding time as assessed by the post test questionnaires

时间窗: 3 months follow up

Number of participants that initiated breastfeeding as assessed by the pre test questionnaire

时间窗: Baseline

Change in financial stress as assessed by the financial stress questionnaire

时间窗: Baseline, immediately after intervention (within 2 weeks of completion of intervention), three months after end of intervention

Scores for three questions from the Financial Stress Scale will be used and each will be scored from 0(never) to 6(Always) for a score range of 0-18; 18 being highest level of financial stress.

Change in number of participants who showed signs of depression as assessed by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

时间窗: Baseline, immediately after intervention (within 2 weeks of completion of intervention), three months after end of intervention

This is a 10 item questionnaire , range of score for each item is 0-3 for a total score range of 0-30, score above 12 is worse outcome

Change in number of cooked meals as assessed by the number of home cooked meals made from scratch during the past week

时间窗: Baseline, immediately after intervention (within 2 weeks of completion of intervention), three months after end of intervention

Participant will be asked how often he/she or anyone else in the family prepared breakfast from scratch during the past week, lunch from scratch during the past week or dinner from scratch during the past week. The responses from the 3 items will be summed to determine the number of home cooked meals during past week.