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Accelerating Healthcare Engagement in Healthy Food Interventions - Food Rx in High Risk Pregnant Mothers With About Fresh and Community Health Choice

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · Women

Inclusion Criteria:

* Less than or equal to 20 weeks medically confirmed viable pregnancy
* high-risk pregnant mothers receiving care at Community Health Choice managed care organizations in Houston, Texas (High risk may include overweight/obese pre-pregnancy or at first trimester (self-report or measured BMI\>30.0), and/or prior history of diabetes or gestational diabetes, and/or prior history of hypertension or pregnancy-induced hypertension)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Does not Speak English or Spanish

About the study

The purpose of the study is to assess if the Fresh Connect food prescription (Fresh Connect Food Rx) program that provides consistent access to healthy fresh produce through purchases at the grocery store plus nutrition education impacts gestational weight gain, other pregnancy and birth outcomes, and food and nutrition security in low-income, ethnically diverse, at-risk women residing in Houston, Texas. Enrollment of participants will begin in pregnancy at the time of the first prenatal visit (as long as the first visit occurs before the end of the first trimester); each participant will be followed until 60 days post-partum (up to 11 months follow-up per participant).

What is being tested

• Usual Care Fresh Connect cardholder engagement (behavioral)
• Enhanced engagement communication (behavioral)

Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Participants: 620 · Started: Jul 3, 2025

Contact the study team

• Shreela Sharma, PhD · Phone: (713) 500-9344
• Naomi Tice, MPH · Phone: (713) 500-9000

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06275568

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.