Meals for Me: Drop Shipment Versus Personally-delivered Meals for Diabetes Management

"Phase 1 (6 months)~• Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes."

"Phase 1 (6 months)~* Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes, in addition to materials on meal planning and instructions.~* Food: 10 MTM a week: mix of hot and frozen, and 5-10 snacks per week. Meals and snacks offer approx. 1200 kcal per day.~* Delivery: 3 to 5x per week. Each delivery day, one meal is warm, the other is frozen. Depending on the participant's availability (3-5 days/week), more frozen meals will be given one day to account for a total of 10 meals every week.~* Engagement: MOWCTX's trained volunteers and/or paid delivery drivers delivering the meals will have a brief social interaction (at minimum in-person hand-off \& visual check) with the participant."

"Phase 1 (6 months)~* Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes, in addition to materials on meal planning and instructions.~* Food: 10 frozen MTM and 5-10 healthy snacks (with the goal of providing 2 meals and 1-2 snacks for 5 days of the week). Meals and snacks offer approx. 1200 kcal per day. Nutritionally similar and frequently the same meal as that delivered in the daily delivery arm.~* Delivery: 1x per week shipment.~* Engagement: Meals are shipped to the participant's home. No human engagement."

"Phase 2 (6 months)~* Food: 5 MTM a week plus snacks. Planned to offer approx. 600 kcal per day.~* Delivery: 2 to 4x a week (depending on participant availability), including daily delivery of 1 hot MTM plus a cold bag (with healthy snacks), with one day or more (depending on the 2 to 4x a week delivery schedule participant is on) also including 1 frozen MTM to total 5 meals per week.~* Engagement: MOWCTX's trained volunteers and/or paid delivery drivers delivering the meals will have a brief social interaction (check-in) with the participant.~* MOWCTX Standard Wraparounds: Participants will have access to a case manager to assist with additional resources within the community and for additional support if needed (e.g., grocery shopping assistance, home repairs, and pet care)."