Orientation to Screening and Treating Patients for Food Insecurity, The MOTHeRS Project

The MOTHeRS’ Project was developed in 2020 with funding from the United Healthcare Foundation (UHF), ECU Physicians and the Departments of OB-GYN, Psychiatry and Family Medicine, to utilize NC-STeP - a statewide telepsychiatry program to bring multidisciplinary care to three community-based primary care obstetric clinics in Carteret, Duplin, and Chowan counties. Through this collaborative care model that includes the patient, nurse navigator, diabetes educator, behavioral health manager, primary obstetrician, MFM specialist, and a psychiatrist consultant, the MOTHeRS’ Project brings support and insights of specialty physicians to the identified practices. An additional component of this program is the Medical Food Pantry to include healthy food bags and tailored patient education to women with high risk pregnancies and food insecurity, living in rural areas. Separate entries in this repository include English and Spanish versions of The MOTHeRS' Project handouts, technical report and more. The authors are pleased to share these materials with others at no expense, please credit The MOTHeRS’ Project, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. We would appreciate you telling us if/how you used these materials.