TY - JOUR
T1 - Food Insecurity and Health-Related Quality of Life among SNAP Nutrition Incentive Participants
AU - Harvey, Susan
AU - Valentine, Heather
AU - Landfried, Lauren
AU - Lee, Jaehoon
AU - Gibson, Cheryl
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2016-70025-25249. Sincere gratitude is extended to the partners of DUFB Heartland, including Mid-America Regional Council with sincere appreciation to Donna Martin, East West Gateway Council of Governments, Fair Food Network, and Cultivate Kansas City. The evaluation team also extends our appreciation to those individuals who took the time to participate in the surveys. Finally, we want to express our gratitude to the research assistants who have contributed to the evaluation of the DUFB project, particularly Rose-Bertine Mercier.
Funding Information:
In 2016, the DUFB Heartland program was implemented within a bi-state region of Kansas and Missouri with funding from the USDA’s Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant program. Of the 2.9 million people in Kansas, over 368,000 (12.7%) are food insecure. As of September 2020, it was estimated that 205,451 people received SNAP benefits in Kansas, an increase of 3.6% from September 2019. In Missouri, of the 6.1 million population, there are over 813,000 (13.3%) individuals that are food insecure. Missouri SNAP data indicates that 752,531 individuals participated in the program in September 2020, an increase of 10.9% from September 2019. FI affects a considerable number of people within these states, with rates of FI increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many households in Kansas and Missouri rely on SNAP benefits to help afford an adequate diet.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) Heartland project is a USDA Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive funded program designed to incentivize the purchase of fruits and vegetables (FV) by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) clients. This study examined the influence of DUFB Heartland on food security, FV intake, and health-related quality of life. Food-insecure SNAP participants experienced physically (p < .05, d = 0.26) or mentally (p < .001, d = 0.40) unhealthy days more often than those who were food secure. Food-insecure respondents reported more positive effects from DUFB Heartland compared to food-secure respondents (p < .01, V = 0.20).
AB - The Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) Heartland project is a USDA Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive funded program designed to incentivize the purchase of fruits and vegetables (FV) by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) clients. This study examined the influence of DUFB Heartland on food security, FV intake, and health-related quality of life. Food-insecure SNAP participants experienced physically (p < .05, d = 0.26) or mentally (p < .001, d = 0.40) unhealthy days more often than those who were food secure. Food-insecure respondents reported more positive effects from DUFB Heartland compared to food-secure respondents (p < .01, V = 0.20).
KW - Food insecurity
KW - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
KW - fruit and vegetable consumption
KW - health-related quality of life
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121319421&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19320248.2021.2009951
DO - 10.1080/19320248.2021.2009951
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121319421
SN - 1932-0248
VL - 17
SP - 540
EP - 552
JO - Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
JF - Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
IS - 4
ER -