Open AccessFood Purchasing Behavior of Food Insecure Cancer Patients Receiving Supplemental Food Vouchers
Author(s) -
Luke Paolantonio,
Soo Young Kim,
Julia Ramirez,
Nicole Roberts-Eversley,
Yuelin Li,
Irina Melnic,
Minlun Wu,
Devika R. Jutagir,
Julia Smith,
Modupe Oladele,
Francesca Gany
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
supportive care in cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.133
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1433-7339
pISSN - 0941-4355
DOI - 10.1007/s00520-019-05183-4
Subject(s) - medicine , voucher , purchasing , nursing research , environmental health , pain medicine , cancer , food science , marketing , nursing , business , psychiatry , accounting , chemistry , anesthesiology
Food insecure cancer patients experience worse health outcomes and poorer quality of life than food secure patients. There has been little research in programs to alleviate food insecurity in cancer patients. The objective of this paper is to report on the food purchasing behaviors of cancer patients enrolled in a supplemental food voucher program.