Patient experiences and provider perspectives on a hospital-based food pantry: a mixed methods evaluation study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this evaluation study was to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement in programme functioning and common aspects of patients' experiences at a hospital-based food pantry.

Design

Semi-structured, in-depth interviews with patients and a cross-sectional survey for providers were used. Interview transcripts were coded using both inductive and deductive approaches and assessed for inter-rater reliability. Descriptive statistics were produced from quantitative data.

Setting

An academic urban safety-net hospital in the Northeastern US offering inpatient and outpatient services.

Participants

Thirty patients and 89 providers.

Results

Patients expressed feeling comfortable, trusting the food, high satisfaction with food qualit

SUBMITTER: Greenthal E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260686 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature