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Perceptions of SNAP and Stocking Standards: A Qualitative Study of California Small Food Store Owners and Managers.

Anthony Meza, June M Tester, Irene H Yen, Barbara A Laraia, Julia A Wolfson, Cindy W Leung

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Article in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Anthony MezaUndergraduate Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA.
June M TesterSchool of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA 94609, USA.
Irene H YenSchool of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
Barbara A LaraiaDivision of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA.
Julia A WolfsonDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Cindy W LeungDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6718-3487
Berkeley Public Health Division · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of California, Merced · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

Research BaseP30DK092926 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MARY ELLEN MICHELE HEISLER, ADESUWA B OLOMU · 2011 to 2026
$10.0M
Development and Pilot Evaluation of a Novel Cooking Skills Intervention to Prevent DiabetesK01DK119166 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI WOLFSON, JULIA A · 2020 to 2023
$607k
Understanding the risk of obesity in food-insecure children: the hidden role of stressK99HD084758 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LEUNG, CINDY · 2015 to 2016
$270k
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development K23HD07582Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development K99HD084758NIDDK NIH HHS K01DK119166NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092926
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is critical to alleviating food insecurity, but low diet quality among program participants is a concern. Nutrition-related interventions have focused on SNAP-authorized food retailers, but the perspectives of small food store owners and managers have not been represented in national policy discussions. This study aimed to explore the opinions of store owners/managers of SNAP-authorized small food stores about their overall perceptions of the program and the stricter stocking standards previously proposed in 2016. We conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 33 small food store owners and managers in San Francisco and Oakland, California in 2016. Interviews were analyzed for thematic content using the general inductive approach. Four themes emerged from owners/managers' discussion of their overall perceptions of SNAP: the beneficial impact of SNAP on their business, how SNAP enables them to connect with the broader community, the importance of SNAP in preventing hunger, and the nutrition-related struggles that SNAP participants face. Store owners/managers had a generally favorable response towards the proposed stricter stocking standards. Additional themes discussed pertained to the concern about whether stocking changes would lead SNAP participants to purchase more healthful food and some logistical challenges related to sourcing and storing perishable foods.

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Food AssistanceAdultAttitudeCaliforniaConsumer BehaviorFood SupplyHumansMiddle AgedPerceptionQualitative ResearchSmall Businesscommunity-based participatory researchfood insecuritynutrition policypovertyurban health

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PMID33652765
PMCPMC7996805
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