This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $708,678 to Wake Forest University Health Sciences to conduct a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to reduce food insecurity and improve adherence to hypertension treatment in patients.
The study aims to determine the most effective initial food insecurity intervention (providing resource information or community health worker support) and evaluate the best next step intervention (community health worker support or medically-tailored meals) for participants who do not initially respond. The research team will also explore factors influencing response to the interventions. This work aligns with NHLBI priorities to overcome barriers to adherence and address social determinants of health disparities. Successful results could enable broad dissemination of an effective, adaptive food insecurity intervention within healthcare settings.
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