LSU Health Sciences Center Baton Rouge, Department of Internal Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Geaux Get Healthy, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
Nutrients. 2023 Oct 10;15(20):4316. doi: 10.3390/nu15204316.
Food insecurity is a national issue that disproportionately impacts Louisiana citizens, contributing to the state's poor health outcomes. We know that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and food pantries improve access to food, but we have limited data on what interventions improve food insecurity. The Geaux Get Healthy Clinical Program at Our Lady of the Lake (GGHOLOL) is a clinic-based community program that leverages community partnerships and a clinical setting to provide education and access to resources for individuals with food insecurity. This prospective study examines the impact of GGHOLOL on food insecurity as a pre-post survey evaluation over a two-year period. A total of 57 research participants with food insecurity completed the program. Mean food security scores improved at completion of GGHOLOL, and these scores further improved 6 months after enrollment. Furthermore, participants demonstrated sustainable improvements in healthy eating, cooking, and shopping behaviors. Lastly, participants improved their overall depression scores at the completion of the program with sustainable improvement at 6 months. With the improvement in GGHOLOL on food insecurity and nutrition behaviors, GGHOLOL may serve as a model for other programs addressing food insecurity in the future.
食物不安全是一个全国性问题，严重影响路易斯安那州的公民，导致该州健康状况不佳。我们知道补充营养援助计划（SNAP）和食品分发处改善了食物获取，但我们对哪些干预措施能改善食物不安全问题的数据有限。我们湖中的圣母 GGHOLOL 临床项目（Geaux Get Healthy Clinical Program at Our Lady of the Lake，GGHOLOL）是一个以诊所为基础的社区项目，利用社区伙伴关系和临床环境，为食物不安全的个人提供教育和获取资源的途径。这项前瞻性研究在两年的时间内，通过前后调查评估，检查了 GGHOLOL 对食物不安全的影响。共有 57 名有食物不安全问题的研究参与者完成了该项目。在完成 GGHOLOL 时，食物安全评分的平均值有所提高，而在注册后 6 个月时，这些评分进一步提高。此外，参与者在健康饮食、烹饪和购物行为方面表现出可持续的改善。最后，参与者在完成该项目时改善了他们的整体抑郁评分，并且在 6 个月时可持续地改善。由于 GGHOLOL 在改善食物不安全和营养行为方面的效果，GGHOLOL 可能成为未来解决食物不安全问题的其他项目的模式。
