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Exploring the consequences of food insecurity and harnessing the power of peer navigation and mHealth to reduce food insecurity and cardiometabolic comorbidities among persons with HIV

Award Number: R01NR020307
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/04/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2026

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Exploring the consequences of food insecurity and harnessing the power of peer navigation and mHealth to reduce food insecurity and cardiometabolic comorbidities among persons with HIV - Up to 50% of people with HIV (PWH) in the US are food insecure. PWH who are food insecure are more likely to have lower antiretroviral adherence, decreased viral suppression, and increased incidence of serious illness. Increasing research suggests that HIV also leads to the development of cardiometabolic comorbidities, but little is known about how food insecurity (FI) affects the development of these comorbidities among PWH. The objectives of this study are to better understand how FI contributes to the development of cardiometabolic comorbidities among PWH and to test a novel bilingual FI intervention designed to reduce these comorbidities among food insecure PWH. We will conduct this study in partnership with the Wake Forest Infectious Diseases Specialty Clinic, one of the largest Ryan White-funded clinics in North Carolina, which serves more than 2,000 PWH annually from a predominantly rural catchment area that includes South Central Appalachia. This area has high rates of both FI and HIV. In Aim 1, we will collect longitudinal data from each patient yearly for up to 3 years during their routine HIV care visits. Using these data, we will compare the prevalence and incidence of cardiometabolic comorbidities between food secure and insecure PWH. We hypothesize that food insecure PWH will be more likely to have cardiometabolic comorbidities, including prediabetes and T2DM than food secure PWH at baseline. We also hypothesize that those who are FI will have a higher incidence of prediabetes and T2DM than those who are food secure over time. In Aim 2, using a randomized controlled trial design, we will test weCare/Secure, a refined version of a bilingual evidence-based intervention that integrates peer navigation and mHealth, to determine the impact of the intervention on insulin sensitivity among food insecure PWH with prediabetes or T2DM. In Aim 3, we will explore intervention effects though semi-structured individual in-depth interviews. The proposed research complements the RFA’s focus by advancing our understanding of how “FI impacts the development of comorbidities” among PWH and testing “how interventions for FI alleviate NIDDK- relevant comorbidities.” This will be one of the first studies to evaluate how FI leads to the development of cardiometabolic comorbidities among PWH. Additionally, we will test a novel bilingual intervention to improve insulin sensitivity among PWH by reducing FI. Given the growing interest among health systems in addressing FI as a routine part of clinical practice, if the intervention is found to be efficacious, it could be broadly disseminated across HIV clinical care settings. Our team of established investigators has a proven record of success conducting randomized trials among PWH, has successfully used methods proposed in this application, and has the full support of the clinical site where the study will occur.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	MEDICAL CENTER BLVD	WINSTON SALEM	NC	27157	FORSYTH	USA	Nursing Research	000	3	2/14/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $701,712 )
2024	2024	WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	MEDICAL CENTER BLVD	WINSTON SALEM	NC	27157	FORSYTH	USA	Nursing Research	000	4	7/3/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$701,712
														Subtotal = $701,712

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $723,412 )
2023	2023	WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	MEDICAL CENTER BLVD	WINSTON SALEM	NC	27157	FORSYTH	USA	Nursing Research	000	3	7/25/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$723,412
														Subtotal = $723,412

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $723,412 )
2022	2022	WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	MEDICAL CENTER BLVD	WINSTON SALEM	NC	27157	FORSYTH	USA	Nursing Research	001	2	6/21/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$723,412
2022	2021	WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	MEDICAL CENTER BLVD	WINSTON SALEM	NC	27157	FORSYTH	USA	Nursing Research	000	1	11/18/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $723,412

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $692,445 )
2021	2021	WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	MEDICAL CENTER BLVD	WINSTON SALEM	NC	27157	FORSYTH	USA	Nursing Research	000	1	8/4/2021	NEW	$692,445
														Subtotal = $692,445

Grand Total All Awards = $2,840,981

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Exploring the consequences of food insecurity and harnessing the power of peer navigation and mHealth to reduce food insecurity and cardiometabolic comorbidities among persons with HIV

Award Number: R01NR020307

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/04/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2026

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