OBJECTIVE To determine public attitudes towards federal spending on nutrition assistance programmes and support for policies to improve the nutritional impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). DESIGN Participants answered survey questions by telephone assessing support for SNAP spending and proposed programme policy changes. SETTING USA SUBJECTS Survey of 3024 adults ...

Using data from the 2004 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), we reexamine the impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – formerly known as the Food Stamp Program – on child food insecurity. By far the largest food assistance program in the United States, SNAP‟s central goal is to alleviate food insecurity. In this light, policymakers have been p...

Food retailers are key stakeholders in the development, implementation, and effectiveness of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) nutrition pilot programs. Qualitative interviews were conducted to gather insight from food regarding feasibility proposed strategies improve choices among SNAP participants. Two corporate six local-level retailer managers identified for based on particip...

Although the United States has one of the highest standards of living in the world, nearly 15 percent of all households and 39 percent of near-poor households were food insecure in 2008. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) is the cornerstone of federal food assistance programs and serves as the first line of defense against food-related h...

ObjectiveProvide the first baseline census of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) state implementing agencies’ (SIAs) intent to use and evaluate 51 indicators described in SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework.MethodsA cross-sectional study design was used administer electronic surveys 124 SIAs who received funding 2017. Descriptive statistics were analyze results.ResultsOf ind...

The article is devoted to the analysis of foreign experience in ensuring availability medicines and food products for population northern regions United States Canada. author considers detail work support mechanisms hard-to-reach places Alaska Northwest Territories Canada, where there no transport communication all year round. content U.S. government programs on drug coverage (Medicare Medicaid...

This project explores public opinion on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in news and social media outlets, and tracks elected representatives’ voting records on issues relating to SNAP and food insecurity. We used machine learning, sentiment analysis, and text mining to analyze national and state level coverage of SNAP in order to gauge perceptions of the program over time a...