ArticleSSM - population health2019
Food and financial coping strategies during the monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cycle.
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- Review of Coping Strategies to Prevent and Mitigate Food Insecurity in Households with Children.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- National associations between pandemic electronic benefit transfer (P-EBT) implementation practices and state characteristics.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Cyclic Formula Feeding Among Infants Participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Investigating the Poverty-Reducing Effects of SNAP on Non-nutritional Family Outcomes: A Scoping Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- The Relationship between Household SNAP Participation, Parent Feeding Styles, and Child Eating Behaviors.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2024Article
- Effects of Medicare eligibility at age 65 years on affordability of care and food insecurity.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of Household Factors Contributing to Dietary Quality and Food Security in Low-Income Households with School-Age Children in the United States.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Article
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- "We think about the quantity more": factors influencing emerging adults' food outlet choice in a university food environment, a qualitative enquiry.Nutrition journal · 2022Article
- Philadelphia's Excise Tax on Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Redemption.American journal of public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
One in seven Americans participates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), making it the largest federally funded food assistance program. SNAP benefits are distributed once per month and both food spending and calorie consumption tend to decrease as time from benefit distribution increases. The monthly SNAP benefit cycle has serious implications for the health and financial stability of low-income families, a growing number of whom rely on SNAP as their sole source of income. Relatively little is known about the specific coping strategies households use to manage the SNAP cycle. The purpose of this study is to provide a critical exploration of the nature and timing of coping strategies for managing the SNAP cycle, including implications these coping mechanisms have for health and financial stability. This paper presents data from a prospective cohort study of mothers (n = 12) receiving SNAP benefits in Philadelphia between 2016 and 17. Both in-depth qualitative and survey methods were used. Participants reported on a variety of coping strategies they used to manage the SNAP cycle, including adjustments to shopping and eating patterns, mental accounting, emotional resilience, and social support. Instrumental social support was particularly vital in the final days of the benefit cycle, as were skipping meals and purchasing less expensive, energy-dense foods. Constant vigilance was required throughout the month to manage financial instability. The coping strategies for managing the SNAP cycle have short-term benefits, such as buffering against hunger and financial instability, however these survival strategies may have negative long-term repercussions for physical and financial health.
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