ArticlePediatrics2025
Missed Opportunities to Address SNAP for Nonenrolled Children.
Article in Pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Association between parent-perceived neighborhood support on food insufficiency and public benefit participation among US children.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundPrimary care is an important setting to identify and support children who are eligible but not enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (the SNAP Gap), although there is concern that these programs may be limited in reach. We sought to identify patterns of health care use among eligible but unenrolled children.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the 2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. We identified 975 SNAP eligible/nonenrolled children with household incomes less than 200% of federal poverty level. SNAP eligibility was modeled using income, employment, and household composition and SNAP enrollment was self-reported. We categorized health care encounters across 9 visit types and calculated annual primary care attendance rates. Multivariable logistic regression was used to measure associations with race, language, and chronic conditions.
resultsSNAP eligible/nonenrolled children received an average of 6.04 health care encounters in 2021. Only half (52.9%) received a primary care visit. Primary care attendance was lowest for Black children (odds ratio [OR] = 0.40 [95% CI 0.20-0.81], P = .01), children speaking languages other than English (OR = 0.53 [95% CI 0.32-0.89], P = .02) and children without a chronic condition (OR = 0.08 [95% CI 0.04-0.15], P < .001). Visits to medical specialists (20.4% of all visits), behavioral health clinicians (10.9%), and dentists (10.0%) were the most common nonprimary care services received by SNAP eligible/nonenrolled children.
conclusionIn a nationally representative sample of children who were potentially eligible but nonenrolled in SNAP, we found low primary care attendance in 2021 with evidence of racial and linguistic disparities. Clinicians beyond the primary care system are well-positioned to support children who jointly underuse government nutrition programs and primary care services.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.