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Food Security among Households with Children in Indiana Improved Following a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—Education Intervention
Author(s) -
Rivera Rebecca,
Maulding Melissa,
Abbott Angela,
EicherMiller Heather
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.120.1
Subject(s) - supplemental nutrition assistance program , food security , intervention (counseling) , poverty , nutrition education , food insecurity , medicine , environmental health , low income , agriculture , gerontology , socioeconomics , geography , economics , economic growth , nursing , archaeology
Objective The effects of a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program‐Education (SNAP‐Ed) intervention on the food security of households with children in Indiana were determined. Methods A randomized, controlled, intervention study design using SNAP‐Ed as the intervention was implemented throughout Indiana from 8/2013 to 2/2014. Five hundred sixty SNAP‐Ed eligible participants 蠅18y were recruited and randomly allocated to receive 蠅4 SNAP‐Ed lessons or not during the 4 to 10 week study period, before and after which they also completed the 18‐item US Household Food Security Survey Module to assess food security status and a characteristics questionnaire. Analysis of covariance modeling, adjusted for participant and household characteristics, was used to determine changes in household food security status ( p 蠄0.05). Results The mean household food security improvement from before compared with after the study period was greater in the intervention (‐1.0, s= 3.3) compared with the control group (‐0.4, s= 2.7) in simple ( p =0.04) and adjusted models ( β= ‐0.7, p =0.03). Conclusion The SNAP‐Ed program is an effective intervention to improve food security in households with children in Indiana over a short‐term period. Funding This project was supported with a grant from the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research through funding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, contract number AG‐3198‐S‐12‐0044.