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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)"”.
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Three essays on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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"Movie to Movement: Creating Social Change with the Documentary Film 'Food Stamped'"
… in low-income areas. Policy also impacts the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) and nutrition education for SNAP recipients. Documentary film is a powerful medium that can be used for social change. This paper explores the ways in which documentary film can be used to decrease …
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Are Heat and Eat Policies Affecting SNAP Household Participation?
In the U.S., states vary in the way they link the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). State practices that have come to be known as "Heat and Eat" (HandE) exploit a SNAP energy expense deduction in order to increase SNAP benefits. …
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Evaluating the Economics of Gluten-Free Households
… United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Thrifty Food Plan (TFP). Of all food plans, the Thrifty Food Plan represents the lowest-cost way to meet minimum nutritional recommendations for vitamins and nutrients. The models require that the …
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Fatal Restrictions: Exploring State-Level Abortion Laws, Sociodemographic Contexts, and Maternal Mortality in the United States
… poverty, health insurance coverage, public assistance, unemployment, and income, shape variation in MMR across U.S. states from 2018 to 2022. Using a state-level analysis, I classify abortion laws along a restrictive-protective continuum and use multiple linear regression models to assess …
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Dietary Intake Changes in Response to a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Reduction Trial for SNAP Participants and Nonparticipants
It is unknown if participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) influences the magnitude of improvement in dietary intake in response to dietary interventions. Adults with low socioeconomic status (SES) tend to have lower overall dietary quality as compared to those with …
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An Examination of Virginia's Adult SNAP-Ed Program by Cost-Effectiveness Using Program Cost and Participant Self-Evaluations
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) is an extension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that aims to promote living healthier lifestyles for low-income participants of SNAP with limited resources. This thesis aims to investigate the effectiveness of …
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Two essays on stress and obesity: household and regional perspectives
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest nutritional assistance program addressing food insecurity in the United States. Due to the program’s reach, SNAP has been called to address other nutrition-related challenges facing low-income Americans including childhood obesity. …
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"""Some of these kids are gonna be my nurses, some of these kids are gonna be my doctors, but they can't be if they're hungry"": a qualitative inquiry of a school-based weekend feeding program"
… A wide array of private and public food assistance programs (The National School Lunch Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), food banks, etc.) may help to appease food insecurity. Despite these programs, food insecurity persists as a major public health problem in the …
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Multi-level influences on seafood consumption among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants in New Orleans, Louisiana
… associated with seafood consumption among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in New Orleans, Louisiana using a quantitative cross-sectional research design and survey instrument. Results showed only 50% of study participants (N = 238) consumed at least two weekly …
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Rethinking Food Deserts: the practice and politics of food access
… Chapter 3 relies on disaggregated data from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to understand how low-income individuals in the Twin Cities use their food assistance benefits. Chapter 4 builds on this analysis through a case study conducted in two Minneapolis neighborhoods. By …
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The Role of Food Retailers for Integration of Nutrition Security and Planetary Health Promotion in the United States
In the United States (U.S.), nutrition security is defined as food security and diet quality across social and economic segments of the population. Achieving nutrition security for all requires a healthy planet that can withstand the shocks and stressors of ahistoric weather patterns. Healthy food …
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Prioritizing Food Retailer Perspectives for Environmental Change in Food Stores to Encourage Healthy Dietary Purchases Among Low-Income Consumers in the United States
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-authorized store environments could be improved to favor consumer purchase of healthy products. Engaging with the key intermediaries who can use marketing-mix and choice-architecture (MMCA) strategies to encourage low-income consumers to purchase …
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APPLYING THE THEORY OF DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS TO UNDERSTAND ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AT MID-WEST FARMERS MARKETS
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously ‘food stamps’), is the nation’s largest federal entitlement nutritional assistance program which assists individuals and households living below the federal poverty level in order to reduce the amount of money they spend on food. With …
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Childcare
… evidence that food subsidies in the form of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have a positive effect on the amount of childcare in which enrolled households engage. Childcare is measured in minutes per day, and SNAP assistance is measured in dollar assistance. These effects are …
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Three Essays on Money Input and Time Input in Food Poverty Measurement and Healthy Eating Index
… of food expenditures show that both the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and money spent on protein play an essential role in reducing food expenditure poverty. The fourth chapter combines the two datasets used in the previous two chapters to investigate the …
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Immigrant inflows and public goods provision
… Alien Verification of Entitlement (SAVE) program affects Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation by immigrant adults and US-born children in immigrant-headed households. Comparing SNAP participation before and after the adoption of the SAVE program, I do not find a …
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Three Essays on Public Policy: Physician Labor Supply, Food Insecurity, and Income Inequality
… explores how public policies and government programs affect individual behavior and how effectively they alleviate inequality and poverty.</p> <p>Chapter 1 estimates the impact of a transitory reduction in hours during physicians’ early career on their long-term labor supply. I exploit the …
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A Multi-Method Analysis of the Role of Spatial Factors in Policy Analysis and Health Disparities Research
… disparities and on the utilization of food assistance policies targeted towards minimizing those disparities. In the specific context of food deserts, this research integrates a multi-disciplinary conceptual approach and a multi-method approach to explore the relationships and interactions …
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Three Essays on Health and Labor Economics
… influence how consumer's respond to them. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance to nearly 44 million Americans each year. I document a substantial increase in the program’s ability to stimulate food consumption from 1990 to 2010, as measured by the …
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