MGH Revere Food Pantry: Healthy Families Clinic and Teaching Kitchen Program: Year Three

Grantee: Massachusetts General Hospital

Year Funded: 2024

Amount: $126,000

Report Status: Report not posted

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Project Summary: With the Ardmore Institute of Health's support, MGH Revere Food Pantry: Healthy Families Clinic and Teaching Kitchen Program is modeling a Lifestyle Medicine program that showcases the power of a "Food Is Medicine" approach to sustainably and meaningfully improving community health. With the establishment of a program focused on healthy foods, patient education and empowerment, psychosocial support, and rigorous evaluation, the MGH Revere Food Pantry will stand apart from other organizations. It will be a pioneering example of a healthy lifestyle clinical and research program for the entire family addressing social determinants of health. Funding will support the third year of the three-year demonstration project targeting families receiving care from MGH Revere; have a teaching kitchen component; and will emphasize chronic disease management for hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. Specific year 3 goals include: 1) Evaluate improvements in food insecurity, child health, and parental health over a 6-month period, and 2) Conduct a Needs Assessment for how to best bring families into the teaching kitchen.