Comparing Farmers' Market Revenue Trends Before and After the Implementation of a Monetary Incentive for Recipients of Food Assistance
Comparing Farmers' Market Revenue Trends Before and After the Implementation of a Monetary Incentive for Recipients of Food Assistance
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DOI：
10.5888/pcd11.130347
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Hebert, James R.
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作者：
Freedman, Darcy A.;Mattison-Faye, Amy;Hebert, James R.
IntroductionWe研究了干预的影响，以增加水果和蔬菜的购买在农贸市场的粮食援助，商店N保存（SNS），在位于联邦合格的健康中心（NHC）在农村南卡罗来纳州的农贸市场的收入趋势。我们比较了干预前20周（2011年）和干预后20周（2012年）的收入趋势。MethodsSNS每周向在农贸市场花费5美元或更多的食品援助的客户提供5美元的货币奖励。任何使用补充营养援助方案（SNAP）、妇女、婴儿和儿童特别补充营养方案（WIC）和/或老年人或WIC农贸市场营养方案（FMNP）代金券的农贸市场客户都可以使用SNS。农贸市场的每笔交易都记录了销售收据，以记录付款类型和购买成本。所有SNS参与者完成了一次性的登记survey.ResultsA共336客户自登记在SNS从2012年6月至10月。大多数SNS参与者是女性、非裔美国人和CIMHC的患者。总的来说，干预后农贸市场所有形式的粮食援助（SNAP，WIC和FMNP）的使用显著增加（从干预前的10%增加到干预后的25%，P = 0.003）。高级FMNP券和SNAP的使用增加了most.ConclusionInterventions，提供激励措施，在农民市场的粮食援助计划的接受者是一个可行的战略，增加粮食援助的使用和收入。
IntroductionWe examined the influence of an intervention to increase fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers' markets for recipients of food assistance, Shop N Save (SNS), on revenue trends at a farmers' market located at a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in rural South Carolina. We compared revenue trends for 20 weeks before the intervention (2011) and 20 weeks after (2012).MethodsSNS provided one $5 monetary incentive per week to customers spending $5 or more in food assistance at the farmers' market. SNS was available to any farmers' market customer using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and/or Senior or WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) vouchers. Sales receipts were recorded for each transaction at the farmers' market to document payment type and the cost of the purchase. All SNS participants completed a one-time enrollment survey.ResultsA total of 336 customers self-enrolled in SNS from June through October 2012. Most SNS participants were female, African American, and patients at the FQHC. In total, the use of all forms of food assistance (SNAP, WIC, and FMNP) at the farmers' market increased significantly after the intervention (from 10% before, to 25% after, P = .003). Senior FMNP vouchers and SNAP usage increased the most.ConclusionInterventions that provide incentives to recipients of food assistance programs at farmers' markets are a viable strategy for increasing food assistance usage and revenue.