---
type: source
title: "Medically Tailored Grocery Deliveries to Improve Food Security and Hypertension in Underserved Groups: A Student-Run Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial"
author: "Multiple authors (student-run RCT)"
url: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11817985/
date: 2025-02-01
domain: health
secondary_domains: []
format: journal article
status: processed
priority: medium
tags: [medically-tailored-meals, food-is-medicine, hypertension, blood-pressure, SDOH, food-insecurity, RCT, underserved]
---

## Content

A student-run pilot randomized controlled trial examining medically tailored grocery deliveries on food security and hypertension outcomes in underserved populations. Published in Healthcare (MDPI), February 2025.

**Study design:** RCT (pilot scale)
**Intervention:** Medically tailored grocery deliveries (groceries selected to align with dietary guidelines for hypertensive patients)
**Population:** Underserved groups with hypertension

**Status during search:** I did not obtain the full results. The study appears as a companion to the Kentucky MTM pilot — both are in the wave of food-as-medicine RCTs from 2024-2025. The student-run design is notable — it suggests community/academic health system partnerships as a delivery model.

**Published:** PMC11817985, Healthcare 2025 13(3):253.

## Agent Notes

**Why this matters:** The student-run model is a potential low-cost delivery pathway for food-as-medicine programs. If medically tailored grocery deliveries can be operationalized through academic health system student programs, the infrastructure question becomes more tractable (though sustainability is still a question).

**What surprised me:** Student-run programs testing clinical-grade interventions. This reflects the broader "food is medicine" momentum — these studies are being run across academic health systems, not just specialized research centers.

**What I expected but didn't find:** Results, effect sizes. Need full text.

**KB connections:**
- Kentucky MTM pilot (Session 17) — similar intervention, need to compare effect sizes
- [[SDOH interventions show strong ROI but adoption stalls because Z-code documentation remains below 3 percent]] — student-run programs are another workaround to the infrastructure gap

**Extraction hints:**
- **DO NOT EXTRACT** without obtaining results. Archive for follow-up.
- If results show significant BP reduction: adds to the convergent evidence base for food-as-medicine in hypertension
- The student-run design is a secondary interesting finding regardless of BP results

## Curator Notes (structured handoff for extractor)

PRIMARY CONNECTION: Kentucky MTM pilot (Session 17 archive)

WHY ARCHIVED: Part of the 2024-2025 wave of food-as-medicine hypertension RCTs. Needs full results before extraction. Archive as a placeholder for follow-up.

EXTRACTION HINT: **Follow-up needed before extraction.** Retrieve from PMC (open access) and add results to this file. The study is open-access on PMC so full text is available without paywall.
