A Summer Nutrition Benefit Pilot Program and Low-income Children's Food Security.
Pediatrics
; 141(4)2018 04.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29592869
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Federal summer meals programs serve less than one-sixth of children that receive free or reduced-price meals during the school year. To address this gap in food assistance for school-aged children, the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) Demonstrations provided summer food assistance in the form of electronic benefits transfer cards to households with school-aged children certified for free or reduced-price meals during the school year.METHODS:
Over 2011-2013, the SEBTC demonstrations were evaluated by using a random assignment design. Households were randomly assigned a monthly $60-per-child benefit, a monthly $30-per-child benefit, or no benefit, depending on the study year. Key outcomes included children's food security and consumption of foods and food groups related to a healthful diet (diet quality). At baseline (in the spring) and again in the summer, the evaluation surveyed â¼52 000 households over the course of the 3 years of the impact study.RESULTS:
SEBTC reduced the prevalence of very low food security among children by one-third. It also had positive impacts on 6 of the 8 child nutrition outcomes measured (amounts of fruits and vegetables; whole grains; dairy foods; and added sugars).CONCLUSIONS:
SEBTC is a promising model to improve food security and the dietary quality of low-income school-aged children in the summer months.
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Assunto principal:
Pobreza
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Estações do Ano
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição Infantil
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Assistência Alimentar
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Abastecimento de Alimentos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatrics
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article