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Trial reportTranslational behavioral medicine2025

The impact of online ordering on food security in a food pantry system in New York City.

Pasquale Rummo, Stella Yi, Carla Seet, Leah Strahs, Justin Kong, Dickran Jebejian, Brian Elbel

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Trial report in Translational behavioral medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05752721 (Impact of Online Ordering on Low-Income Adults' Food Security in Online Food Pantry Settings), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Impact of Online Ordering on Low-Income Adults' Food Security in Online Food Pantry Settings

TypeinterventionalSponsorNYU Langone HealthRan2023 to 2023Enrolled204ConditionsFood SecurityArmsTransition to Online Ordering
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7 authors.

Pasquale RummoDepartment of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Stella YiDepartment of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9943-2609
Carla SeetDepartment of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-7153-9384
Leah StrahsSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, College of Medicine, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0141-2221
Justin KongSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, College of Medicine, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Dickran JebejianMet Council, 1 State Street Plaza, 24th Floor New York, NY 10004, USA.
Brian ElbelDepartment of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1615-9430

Funding

Impact of Online Ordering on Low-Income Adults’ Food Security in Online Food Pantry SettingsK01AG064146 · NIA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI RUMMO, PASQUALE · 2020 to 2024
$677k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG064146NIH HHS K01AG064146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOnline ordering in food pantries may support food security among adults with low socioeconomic status. PURPOSE: Determine the impact of a transition from in-person ordering to online ordering on the food security status of food pantry clients.

methodsFor this quasi-experimental study, we recruited participants from Met Council's Kosher Food Network in New York City, including one pantry in Staten Island (intervention) and three pantries in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn (comparison). The final sample included 114 and 90 adults in the intervention and comparison groups, respectively, at baseline (April-July 2023); and 77 and 58 adults in those groups during follow-up (October-December 2023). Using a six-item survey, we assessed food security status, where scores range from zero to six points and higher points indicate lower food security. Secondary outcomes included nutrition security status, fruit and vegetable intake, and pantry wait time. We used a difference-in-differences approach to assess differences in outcomes between conditions, including testing for differences by age (18-64 vs. ≥65 years).

resultsFood security scores decreased in the intervention and comparison groups over time, with no difference in the decrease between groups (P = .87). Yet, among younger adults in the intervention group, wait time decreased during follow-up, and increased in the comparison group (difference-in-differences = -12.1 minutes (95% CI: -21.9, -2.4); P = .02). We did not observe similar differences among older adults (P = .83), nor significant changes in other outcomes.

conclusionsThe transition to online ordering did not influence food security status among food pantry clients but may help to save time, especially among younger adults. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT05752721.

Indexed as

Food AssistanceFood SecurityFood SupplyInternetAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNew York CityYoung Adultemergency foodfood accessfood insecurityfood pantryonline ordering

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PMID40539601
PMCPMC12204695

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