John Lowrey
The Health Quality, Cost, and Clinical Productivity Benefit of a Food Referral Program: Building on Existing Evidence from the MidOhio Farmacy
Policy Partner:
Amy Headings, PhD, Director of Research and Nutrition, MidOhio Food Collective
The Health Quality, Cost, and Clinical Productivity Benefit of a Food Referral Program: Building on Existing Evidence from the MidOhio Farmacy
Healthcare-hunger relief partnership models of care link primary care clinics to community-based social service agencies like food banks or food pantries. Prior research has examined the barriers and facilitators of referral compliance in clinic-based food referral programs, however, these factors complicate causal effect estimates of program evaluation studies. Compliance, defined as making at least one visit to the food pantry after referral, is notoriously low in these types of programs and usually range from 0-15%. The seed grant will build on existing empirical analyses of the MidOhio Farmacy program—from a community collaboration in central Ohio—to (1) optimize programmatic features and better identify treatment effects, and (2) aid to other Feeding America member Food Banks with a vested interest in healthcare partnerships.
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