Loyola Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois (Dr Wynn); College of Nursing and Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Staffileno); Loyola Medicine, MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, Illinois (Dr Grenier); and Nursing Research and Health Equity, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Phillips).
J Nurs Care Qual. 2021;36(3):262-268. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000496.
Food insecurity is a public, social, and health concern.
A Food is Medicine Program was developed to address food insecurity.
A quality improvement initiative was piloted on 3 acute care units.
Patients were screened for Social Determinant of Health (SDoH) needs and if identified as food insecure, linked to community resources and provided with a bag of food on discharge. Education was offered to nursing staff and a pre- and postsurvey was administered to assess SDoH knowledge and confidence.
Over a 3-month period, 2354 patients were admitted; 2063 (88%) were screened for SDoH and 220 (10%) were positive for food insecurity. Patients (n = 1525, 74%) were linked to community resources. Nearly all (97%) nurses participated in education and demonstrated increased knowledge and confidence (P < .001).
These data provide preliminary outcomes from the Food is Medicine Program.
食品不安全是一个公共、社会和健康问题。
开发了一项“食物即药物”计划以解决食品不安全问题。
在 3 个急症护理病房试行一项质量改进倡议。
对社会决定因素健康（SDoH）需求进行筛查，如果确定为食品不安全，则与社区资源联系，并在出院时提供一袋食品。向护理人员提供教育，并进行了前后调查，以评估 SDoH 知识和信心。
在 3 个月的时间里，有 2354 名患者入院；对 2063 名（88%）患者进行了 SDoH 筛查，有 220 名（10%）患者存在食品不安全问题。为 1525 名患者（74%）提供了与社区资源的联系。几乎所有（97%）护士都参加了教育，并表现出了知识和信心的提高（P <.001）。
这些数据提供了“食物即药物”计划的初步结果。
