568
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2017
Testing and Monitoring of Blood Glucose Levels
Point-of-care testing of HbA1c levels at the food pantry at approximately 3 month intervals
Primary care coordination
Referral to a local primary care provider, if none currently exists. Coordination of care with primary care provider.
Diabetes-appropriate food packages
Food (perishable and non-perishable) appropriate for diabetes self-management available for pick-up at the food pantry twice monthly.
Diabetes self-management education
Education materials drawn from evidence-based practice and adapted from existing diabetes education curricula to be flexible to individual, community, and site variations. The Immediate Intervention Arm receives more robust diabetes self-management education (with group education visits) than the Waitlist Control Arm.
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, Detroit
Houston Food Bank, Houston
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco
Alameda County Community Food Bank, Oakland
Collaborators (1)
Feeding America
OTHER
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
OTHER
Urban Institute
OTHER
University of California, San Francisco
OTHER