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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Home-delivery Based Produce Prescription Program Implementation Strategies

Who can join

Ages 18 to 44 · Women

Inclusion Criteria:

* receiving prenatal care at high-risk obstetric clinics
* \<= 20 weeks medically-confirmed viable pregnancy
* designated as high risk \[Age\>=35 years, or obese or overweight (BMI\>=25.0 at pre pregnancy self-report), or prior history of pregnancy hypertension or gestational diabetes\]
* within the zip code delivery radius

Exclusion Criteria:

* women who were medically recommended bed rest through pregnancy
* substance users

About the study

Harris Health System is currently participating, along with two other partners, GoldiFresh Inc., and Brighter Bites, in a cross-sector collaborative home delivery-based Produce Prescription Program (PPRx) pilot initiative that provides consistent access to healthy food plus nutrition education to Medicaid-eligible pregnant women in Harris County, TX, deemed to be at high risk of adverse pregnancy or birth outcomes. The objectives of this study are two-fold: (a) to examine utilization of food basket contents and improvements in diet quality in this home delivery based PPRx program, and (b) to evaluate if and the extent to which utilization of food basket contents outcomes improves with support from an interactive AI-based conversational agent to convert food into healthy meals.

What is being tested

• Produce Prescription Program (PPRx) Standard (behavioral)
• Smartphone App (behavioral)

Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Participants: 200 · Started: Jul 26, 2024

Contact the study team

• Nalini Ranjit, PhD · Phone: (512) 391-2527

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06114199

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.