Hunger Coalition Trains UCSD Medical Residents on Connection between Food Insecurity and Health

Hunger Coalition Trains UCSD Medical Residents on Connection between Food Insecurity and Health

As part of our larger effort to educate the healthcare providers about the impacts of food insecurity on health, our CalFresh Outreach Program Director Amanda Schultz has begun training medical residents at UCSD on how to screen patients for food insecurity. The aim is to connect food insecure patients to critical food resources, such as CalFresh (food stamps) and food banks, as well as reduce hospital and clinic readmission rates.

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