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ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2024

Food Pantry Referral and Utilization in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic.

Kelsey A Egan, Ziming Xuan, Melissa Hofman, Julio Ma Shum, Ivys Fernández-Pastrana, Lauren Fiechtner, Megan Sandel, Pablo Buitron de la Vega, Caroline J Kistin, Heather Hsu

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Article in American journal of preventive medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kelsey A EganDivision of Health Services Research, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: kelsey.egan@bmc.org.
Ziming XuanDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Melissa HofmanDepartment of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Julio Ma ShumDepartment of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ivys Fernández-PastranaDepartment of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lauren FiechtnerDivision of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts; The Greater Boston Food Bank, Boston, Massachusetts.
Megan SandelDivision of Health Services Research, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Pablo Buitron de la VegaSection of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Caroline J KistinHassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
Heather HsuDivision of Health Services Research, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston University · USBoston Medical Center · USBoston Children's Hospital · USBrown University · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research P30DK092950 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Ross C Brownson, Debra Haire-Joshu · 2011 to 2026
$11.7M
Training in Health Services Research for Vulnerable PopulationsT32HS022242 · AHRQ · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI LAROCHELLE, MARC · 2013 to 2024
$4.1M
Improving value-based healthcare delivery for opioid use disorderK01DA054328 · NIDA · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI HSU, HEATHER · 2021 to 2025
$897k
Creating effective childhood obesity interventions through the study ofpositive outliersK23HD090222 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FIECHTNER, LAUREN GEHLER · 2018 to 2021
$696k
AHRQ HHS T32 HS022242NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD090222NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA054328NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092950
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study aimed to characterize progression from screening for food insecurity risk to on-site food pantry referral to food pantry utilization in pediatric primary care.

methodsThis retrospective study included 14,280 patients aged 0-21 years with ≥1 pediatric primary care visit from March 2018 to February 2020. Analyses were conducted in 2020-2022 using multivariable regression to examine patient-level demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic characteristics and systems-related factors associated with progression from screening positive for food insecurity risk to food pantry referral to completing ≥1 food pantry visit.

resultsOf patients screened for food insecurity risk, 31.9% screened positive; 18.5% of food-insecure patients received an on-site food pantry referral. Among patients referred, 28.9% visited the food pantry. In multivariable models, higher odds of referral were found for patients living near the clinic (AOR=1.28; 95% CI=1.03, 1.59), for each additional health-related social need reported (AOR=1.23; 95% CI=1.16, 1.29), and when the index clinic encounter occurred during food pantry open hours (AOR=1.62; 95% CI=1.30, 2.02). Higher odds of food pantry visitation were found for patients with a preferred language of Haitian Creole (AOR=2.16; 95% CI=1.37, 3.39), for patients of Hispanic race/ethnicity (AOR=3.67; 95% CI=1.14, 11.78), when the index encounter occurred during food pantry open hours (AOR=1.96; 95% CI=1.25, 3.07), for patients with a clinician letter referral (AOR=6.74; 95% CI=3.94, 11.54), or for patients with a referral due to a screening-identified food emergency (AOR=2.27; 95% CI=1.30, 3.96).

conclusionsThere was substantial attrition along the pathway from screening positive for food insecurity risk to food pantry referral and utilization as well as patient-level characteristics and systems-related factors associated with successful referrals and utilization.

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Food AssistanceFood SupplyChildHaitiHumansPrimary Health CareReferral and ConsultationRetrospective Studies

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