ArticleNutrients2022
WIC Participants' Perceptions of the Cash-Value Benefit Increase during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Factors That Influence Children's Exits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
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- Parent Perspectives on the Interactive Role of Charitable and Federal Nutrition Assistance.Pediatrics · 2026Article
- Redemption of Specific Categories of WIC Food Benefits and Risk of Program Discontinuation.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- "I Didn't Have to Struggle": Caregivers' Perspectives on the Synergistic Interplay of WIC and SNAP on Family Health.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- Multilevel Factors Influencing Food Purchasing Decisions Among Families With Low Incomes During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Qualitative Study.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Article
- Examining the 2021 Cash Value Benefit Increase and WIC Participant Food Purchases.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of Spanish-Speaking Latina Women's Experiences Participating in WIC Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2024Article
- Evaluating the Association of the Increase in the WIC Cash Value Benefit on the Diversity of MyPlate Fruits and Vegetables Redeemed and Consumed By Children in Low-Income Households.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
Recent changes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Cash-Value Benefit (CVB), which provides participants with money to spend on fruits and vegetables, have the potential to reduce disparities in healthy food access and food insecurity that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, few studies have examined how the changes to the CVB allotment that occurred during the pandemic influenced WIC participants' perceptions of the benefit or their fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption. To address this gap, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 51 WIC participants in Wilmington, Delaware. Survey measures included demographic questions, the Hunger Vital Sign food insecurity screener, and open-ended questions regarding perceptions of the CVB increase and its influence on participants' fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption. Data were analyzed using a hybrid inductive and deductive coding approach. The results demonstrate that higher CVB allotments increased WIC participants' purchasing and consumption of fruits and vegetables, increased the frequency of their shopping occasions, and enhanced their dietary variety. Our findings also suggest that WIC participants highly value the increased CVB. Consequently, maintaining the increased CVB allotment could improve the nutritional outcomes of low-income mothers, infants, and children participating in WIC.
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