Double Up Food Bucks program effects on SNAP recipients' fruit and vegetable purchases.
Double Up Food Bucks program effects on SNAP recipients' fruit and vegetable purchases.
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10.1186/s12889-017-4942-z
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发表时间：
2017-12-12
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Weatherspoon D
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作者：
Steele-Adjognon M;Weatherspoon D
为了鼓励消费更多的新鲜水果和蔬菜，2014年美国农业法案拨款给加倍食品巴克斯计划。该计划为补充营养援助计划的受益人提供了10美元的新鲜水果和蔬菜，在一次交易中，有10美元的礼品卡专门用于密歇根州种植的新鲜水果和蔬菜。本研究分析了如何水果和蔬菜的支出，支出份额，品种和购买决策的影响，发起和结论，以及任何持续的影响程序。水果和蔬菜购买行为的变化，由于加倍食品巴克斯在超市服务的低收入，主要是西班牙裔社区在底特律，密歇根州进行了评估，使用不同的固定效应估计策略的差异。我们发现，加倍食品巴克斯计划增加了蔬菜支出，水果和蔬菜支出份额，和各种水果和蔬菜购买，但效果是温和的，不可持续的财政激励。水果支出和水果和蔬菜购买决定不受该计划的影响。这项研究提供了有价值的见解，营养计划如何影响低收入，城市，西班牙裔社区的水果和蔬菜购买行为。政策建议包括取消或降低激励资格的购买障碍，并取消密歇根州的种植要求，以更好地符合客户对新鲜水果和蔬菜的偏好。本文的在线版本（10.1186/s12889-017-4942-z）包含补充材料，可供授权用户使用。
To encourage the consumption of more fresh fruits and vegetables, the 2014 United Sates Farm Bill allocated funds to the Double Up Food Bucks Program. This program provided Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries who spent $10 on fresh fruits and vegetables, in one transaction, with a $10 gift card exclusively for Michigan grown fresh fruits and vegetables. This study analyzes how fruit and vegetable expenditures, expenditure shares, variety and purchase decisions were affected by the initiation and conclusion, as well as any persistent effects of the program. Changes in fruit and vegetable purchase behaviors due to Double Up Food Bucks in a supermarket serving a low-income, predominantly Hispanic community in Detroit, Michigan were evaluated using a difference in difference fixed effects estimation strategy. We find that the Double Up Food Bucks program increased vegetable expenditures, fruit and vegetable expenditure shares, and variety of fruits and vegetables purchased but the effects were modest and not sustainable without the financial incentive. Fruit expenditures and the fruit and vegetable purchase decision were unaffected by the program. This study provides valuable insight on how a nutrition program influences a low-income, urban, Hispanic community’s fruit and vegetable purchase behavior. Policy recommendations include either removing or lowering the purchase hurdle for incentive eligibility and dropping the Michigan grown requirement to better align with the customers’ preferences for fresh fruits and vegetables. The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-017-4942-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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