ArticlePublic health nutrition2024
The association of increased SNAP benefits during COVID-19 with food insufficiency and anxiety among US adults: a quasi-experimental study.
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- Hunger Tradeoffs and Coping Strategies Among Families with Food Insecurity in Massachusetts.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Impacts of SNAP benefit increases on US child food insufficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2026Article
- Parent Perspectives on the Interactive Role of Charitable and Federal Nutrition Assistance.Pediatrics · 2026Article
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- "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
- Health Effects of the 2021 Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion on Young Adults Without Children.The Milbank quarterly · 2025Article
- Chronic Conditions and Food Insecurity in US Children.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Trajectories and patterns of US counties' policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: A sequence analysis approach.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Maternal Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: An Interrupted Time-series Analysis.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Food Insufficiency Increased After The Expiration Of COVID-19 Emergency Allotments For SNAP Benefits In 2023.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent policy response to mitigate disease spread had far-reaching impacts on health and social well-being. In response, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) underwent several pandemic-era modifications, including a 15 % monthly benefit increase on January 1, 2021. Research documenting the health effects of these SNAP modifications among low-income households and minoritized groups who were most impacted by the economic fallout during the first years of the pandemic is lacking. We aimed to estimate the health effects of the 15 % SNAP benefit increase in January 2021, among SNAP-eligible US households.
designWe estimated the effects of the SNAP increase on food insufficiency, mental health, and financial well-being using a rigorous quasi-experimental difference-in-differences (DID) analysis.
settingAugust 19, 2020, to March 29, 2021.
participantsParticipants were drawn from the national US Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey waves 13-27 (
resultsCompared with SNAP-eligible non-recipients, SNAP-eligible recipients experienced decreased food insufficiency (-1·9 percentage points (pp); 95 % CI -3·7, -0·1) and anxiety symptoms (-0·09; 95 % CI -0·17, -0·01), and less difficulty paying for other household expenses (-3·2 pp; 95 % CI -4·9, -1·5) after the SNAP benefit increase. Results were robust to alternative specifications.
conclusionsExpansions of federal nutrition programmes have the potential to improve health and financial well-being. This study provides timely evidence to inform comprehensive safety net nutrition policies during future economic crises and public health preparedness response plans.
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