Assessing Health Outcomes in Low-income Diabetics Who Receive Monthly Boxes of Healthy Food at Clinic
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 focused on measuring student-run free clinic, food supply, food insecure, medically uninsured, medically underserved
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- type 2 diabetes
- receiving medical care at one of the UC San Diego Student-run Free Clinic Sites
Exclusion Criteria:
- unable to attend monthly food distribution onsite (pt states will not able to come monthly due to any kind of conflict (work, transportation, childcare), or is not interested in coming monthly due to time or transportation burden)
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
Immediate intervention
Delayed intervention
Intervention: Food boxes. Monthly boxes of food for 6 months, along with brief educational information from food pantry staff regarding eating healthy on a budget, starting immediately after randomization. Patients will continue to receive routine medical care at the Free Clinic.
Intervention: Food boxes. Monthly boxes of food for 6 months, along with brief educational information from food pantry staff regarding eating healthy on a budget, starting 3 months after randomization. Patients will continue to receive routine medical care at the Free Clinic. Participants will be given referrals to local food pantries in their neighborhoods that provide food free of charge as well as referrals for CalFresh (formerly known as food stamps) during the 3 month time frame when patients are waiting to receive food distributions on site at the clinics.