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Week 2reflection

The document discusses addressing food insecurity in patients with A-Fib to improve health outcomes and medication adherence. It emphasizes the importance of community resources like food banks and meal programs, as well as advocating for policies that reduce costs related to food and medication. Research indicates that addressing food insecurity can lead to better management of chronic health conditions and lower healthcare costs.

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Week 2reflection

The document discusses addressing food insecurity in patients with A-Fib to improve health outcomes and medication adherence. It emphasizes the importance of community resources like food banks and meal programs, as well as advocating for policies that reduce costs related to food and medication. Research indicates that addressing food insecurity can lead to better management of chronic health conditions and lower healthcare costs.

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Daluchukwu Tapp

Chamberlain University

NR601

Dr. Freeman

Reflection week 2
In a situation where my client with A-Fib has food insecurity, I would address his cardiac

condition nutrition in detail to improve health outcomes. Food insecurity causes health issues and

can interfere with adherence to medication which would impact the patient’s outcome for his A-

Fib.

In other to accommodate my patients, I would refer them to community resources that provide

access to healthy and nutritious food options. Food banks, meals on Wheels, and other meal

programs within the community would be important to add. The CACFP program caters to adult

daycare. Other programs offer counseling and support to help with the management of sodium

intake, such as in the case of A-fib (USDA, 2024)

Meals on Wheels does offer delivery to senior homes, local food banks work with health

providers to offer specialized packages to align with individuals’ medical dietary needs.

Some research has shown that addressing these food insecurity needs does improve health

outcomes in vulnerable populations such as senior homes, Intervention to address these needs

leads to a better management of chronic health needs and thereby reduces costs. (Berkowitz.et al,

2019).

It has shown that individuals who are nonadherent to their medical regimen are due to severe

food insecurity which affects chronic conditions.

Therefore, policies made to increase disposable income may affect cost-related nonadherence

and food insecurity. It is important to advocate for insurance expansion and low out-of-pocket

prescription expenses to reduce the health burden of food insecurity. This would help with

adherence and disease management and in my scenario pts A-fib. (Men. et al 2019)
Reference:
Child and adult care food program. Food and Nutrition Service U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(2024, March 27). https://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp
Berkowitz, S. A., Seligman, H. K., & Choudhry, N. K. (2019). Treat or Eat: Food
Insecurity, Cost-related Medication Underuse, and Unmet Needs. The American Journal of
Medicine, 132(1), 11-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.08.025
Men, F., Gundersen, C., Urquia, M. L., & Tarasuk, V. (2019). Prescription medication
nonadherence associated with food insecurity: a population-based cross-sectional study. CMAJ
open, 7(3), E590–E597. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20190075

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