Pilot Trial of the Nutrition-Supported Diabetes Education Program

Diabetes-tailored food support. Project Open Hand (POH) will provide intervention participants twelve weeks of supplemental food support. Food support will consist of a mix of meals tailored for T2DM, and T2DM-healthy groceries, consistent with American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines for diabetes healthy diets under the responsibility of a registered dietitian. All food support will be home delivered.

"Project Open Hand client services staff will conduct three case management sessions with the participant. The first session will initiate food services and ensure orientation to the intervention and set up delivery; the second session will support the participant with any issues related to the intervention (logistical or nutrition-related, with referral to the POH registered dietitian as needed); the third session will provide transition from the intervention, connect the participant with local food resources, and ensure a warm hand-off to nutrition"