Implementing food bank and healthcare partnerships: a pilot study of perspectives from charitable food systems in Texas.

Background: Partnerships between charitable food systems and healthcare systems have been forming across the country to support individuals and families experiencing food insecurity, yet little research has focused on these partnerships, particularly from a food bank perspective. The objective of this exploratory pilot study was to identify implementation challenges and facilitators of charitable food system and healthcare partnerships from the food bank perspective.

Method: Texas food banks with existing food bank/healthcare partnerships were identify through website review and support from Feeding Texas.