Delivering HOPE (Helping women optimize prenatal equity): Design and methods of a multi-site randomized controlled trial evaluating healthy food provision to reduce excessive gestational weight gain.

Pearl A McElfish¹, Jennifer A Andersen², Sarah Pollack³, Brett Rowland³, James P Selig⁴, Aaron R Caldwell⁴, Eliza Short⁵, Tammy Chang⁶, Don E Willis⁷, Carri George³, Alix Montoya-Beltran³, Mohammed Ason³, Lanita White⁸, Nicola L Hawley⁹

¹College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA; Institute for Community Health Innovation, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA. Electronic address: pamcelfish@uams.edu.

²College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA; Institute for Community Health Innovation, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA.

³Institute for Community Health Innovation, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA.

⁴Institute for Community Health Innovation, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA; Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA.

⁵Center for Nutrition & Health Impact, Omaha, NE, USA.

⁶Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

⁷School of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

⁸Community Health Centers of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA.

⁹Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIMS: EGWG is a prevalent and modifiable risk factor for maternal morbidity and mortality. Food insecurity and limited access to healthy foods are key social determinants contributing to EGWG. METHODS: Delivering HOPE is a pragmatic, multi-site randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate whether a food is medicine intervention providing healthy food resources during pregnancy redu…

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