Addressing LatinX Cancer Care Equity: Food for Health Equity
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Food Insecurity
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
This study seeks to evaluate whether a nutrition assistance quality improvement program for patients with cancer and food insecurity receiving active treatment at Pacific Cancer Care will have reductions in food insecurity.
Detailed Description
This study seeks to evaluate the effectiveness and patient satisfaction with a nutrition assistance quality improvement program in which a randomly selected 30 patients will receive a food voucher with $40.00 each month for 6 months for use in the produce section at local grocery stores in the county. The primary outcome is understanding whether this program is effective at reducing food insecurity among patients being treated for cancer and will provide key insights that may guide program expansion or improvement.
Investigators
Manali Indravadan Patel
Associate Professor
Stanford University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patient Participants must be undergoing or starting treatment for cancer at the Pacific Cancer Care clinic who screen positive for food insecurity using at 2-item screener, speak English or Spanish, have capacity to consent (e.g. no dementia or other cognitive impairment), are Latinx or another racial and ethnic minority group OR low income, have public insurance, OR are insured by an agricultural company sponsored health insurance
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients will be ineligible if they do not have a current cancer diagnosis, cannot communicate in English or Spanish, are deemed ineligible to consent, are under 18 years of age, are not Latinx or another racial/ethnic minority OR are not low income OR are not publicly insured, uninsured, or do not have health insurance from an agricultural company
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Food Insecurity
Time Frame: Baseline to 6 months
Assessed using the validated 2-item Hunger Vital Sign, administered to participants at time of enrollment and again at 6-months post-enrollment. Responses to questions "often" and "sometimes" versus "never" which are considered affirmative responses. One or more affirmative responses indicate food insecurity.
Secondary Outcomes
- Food Security(Baseline to 6 months)
- Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)(Baseline to 6 months)
- Financial Toxicity(Baseline to 6 months)
- Health-related social needs(Baseline to 6 months)
- Satisfaction with the intervention(Baseline to 6 months)
- Treatment Adherence(Baseline to 6 months)