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Food Rx: A community-university partnership to prescribe healthy eating on the south side of Chicago
Diabetic residents of underserved communities encounter substantial difficulty in maintaining a healthy diet. This vulnerable population requires supportive community measures as a part of the existing healthcare interventions, for example, a potential “prescription” of healthy foods that could encourage behavior change, healthy dietary education, or by providing financial incentives or access to locally available resources. In this work by Goddu et al. (2015), the authors present “Food Rx” — a novel food prescription developed through a consortium of a university research team, a pharmacy store chain, a local farmers market, and six healthcare centers. The authors share their experience from implementing this novel program, describing the contributions made by each consortium member, organizational concerns, and healthcare clinic workflow needs. The authors comment that Food Rx shows early potential as a framework for bringing together available community and healthcare resources to support vulnerable patient populations. [NPID: Diabetes, disparities, nutrition, community, behavioral prescription]
Year: 2015
