Development and Feasibility of a Novel mHealth Resource for Food Insecurity: Mixed Methods Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Pediatric clinical practice guidelines recommend identifying and addressing food insecurity (FI) as part of routine care. However, methods for health systems to connect families experiencing FI to community food resources are lacking. Confidential SMS text messaging can increase equity in resource delivery, is user-friendly, is aligned with caregiver preferences, and is feasible for health systems to implement. Despite the promise of this approach, SMS text messaging has not been widely tested in pediatric settings. This paper details (1) the process of developing a novel, mobile health intervention to help families access local food resources and (2) results on reach, engagement, usability, and acceptability of the intervention following a 1-year pilot. We designed and evaluated an automa

SUBMITTER: Fritz CQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12380405 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature