This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), provides $167,864 to The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital) to conduct a mixed methods study on adapting and developing a Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) intervention for people with type 2 diabetes experiencing food insecurity....
This federal Project Grant award of $310,000.00 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), aims to determine the feasibility of an adaptive intervention to improve food security and maternal-child health outcomes. The study will evaluate two first-stage interventions (EHR-based WIC referral or EHR WIC referral with care navigation) and two second-stage...
This $644,279 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research, will be used by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Bidmc) to conduct research on leveraging Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) policies to improve the cardiovascular health of low-income adults in the United States. The research will evaluate the impact of changes in SNAP emergency allotment policies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic on...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), through its Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361), awarded a $728,263 Project Grant to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) to study the impact of medically tailored groceries (MTG) on food insecurity and pregnancy outcomes. The project will evaluate three approaches - clinic-based MTG, home-delivered MTG, and home-delivered MTG with supplemental nutrition and culinary education - with the goal of building the evidence base for MTG...
The University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. (KUMCRI) was awarded a $1,617,690 Project Grant (CFDA 93.361 - Nursing Research) by the National Institute of Nursing Research on September 20, 2024. The grant will fund a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a novel healthcare-community partnership called "Nutrition Outreach in Systems of Healthcare (NOURISH)" that aims to address food insecurity in transplant and cellular therapy patients. The study will enroll 211...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), aims to conduct a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to evaluate interventions to reduce food insecurity and improve treatment adherence in patients with hypertension. The key objectives are to determine the most effective initial food insecurity intervention and, for non-responders, evaluate the best subsequent...
This Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $120,000.00 to the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) to conduct research on food insecurity vulnerability. The key products and services to be delivered include: Creating a food insecurity vulnerability index at the census level using Census data and grocery store surveys to map food insecurity vulnerability. Surveying...
This $1,991,282 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), aims to increase awareness and utilization of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fruit and vegetable incentive programs among food-insecure families in South Carolina. The study will leverage pediatric clinics to identify SNAP-enrolled families with children aged 2-10...
This Project Grant award, totaling $849,608.00, was provided by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361). The grant was awarded to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on July 26, 2024 to determine the feasibility of providing medically tailored meals to pediatric cancer patients and their families. The key product to be delivered under this grant is the implementation and evaluation of an intervention that...
This four-year project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) provides $969,890 to the University of Connecticut to deliver a multi-level intervention combining personalized nutrition education, digital food and nutrition literacy tools, and community collaboration efforts to improve diet quality and decrease chronic disease risk factors among low-income...