fruit and vegetablesSNAPIn 2020, the Healthy Helping Fruit and Vegetable Program provided SNAP-eligible beneficiaries with $40/month, for up to 3months, to purchase fruits and vegetablesata chainsupermarket inNorthCarolina.A survey to describeparticipants experiences with the program and interviews to ...
To date, there has been no research investigating the quantitative health benefits of incentive-based fruit and vegetable programs based at FQHCs in patients with preventable chronic disease. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of participating in a farmers' market and fresh fruit...
The second of the two most frequently cited sets of environmental policy instruments encompasses market-based instruments or economic incentive programs which are described by Driesen (2006) as an alternative between liberalisation and regulation. This set of policy measures operates by influencing incent...
Therefore, the main aim of the proposed project is to test if food promotion techniques increase children’s fruit and vegetable intake, both on the short- and long-term. Methods Three studies will be conducted. First, to develop the vlogs in co-creation, multiple focus groups will be held...
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Did A Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program Support low-income Households in North Carolina during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Mixed Methods Assessment of the Healthy Helping Program and Other Pandemic-Related Food AssistanceFood securitygrocery storefruit and vegetables...
Fruit and vegetable consumptionfarmers marketSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)low-incomecommunity food accessStates, cities, and communities are implementing a variety of programs to increase access to fruits and vegetables, but relatively little is known about their impact, especially among ...
Pellegrino, S.; Bost, A.; McGonigle, M.; Rosen, L.; Peterson-Kosecki, A.; Colon-Ramos, U.; Robien, K. Fruit and vegetable intake among participants in a District of Columbia farmers' market incentive programme. Public Health Nutr. 2018, 21, 601-606. [CrossRef] [PubMed]...
The most frequently mentioned barrier to perceived program acceptability was having only one supermarket chain as the acceptor of the incentive. Conclusion Partnering with supermarkets to accept fruit and vegetable incentives is a unique strategy to increase produce purchasing that can be adopted by ...
Fruit and vegetable consumptionfarmers marketSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)low-incomecommunity food accessStates, cities, and communities are implementing a variety of programs to increase access to fruits and vegetables, but relatively little is known about their impact, especially among ...