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Journal article
Loss Of SNAP Is Associated With Food Insecurity And Poor Health In Working Families With Young Children
Health affairs (Millwood, Va.), v 38(5), pp 765-773
01 May 2019
PMID: 31059367
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Abstract
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps working families meet their nutritional needs. Families whose earned income increases in a given month may have their SNAP benefits abruptly reduced or cut off in the following month. Using sentinel sample data from 2007-15 for families with children younger than age four, we investigated how SNAP benefit reductions or cutoffs resulting from increased income were related to economic hardships (food and energy insecurity, unstable housing, forgone health and/or dental care, and health cost sacrifices) and to caregiver and child health. After we controlled for covariates, we found that the groups whose SNAP benefits were reduced or cut off had significantly increased odds of household and child food insecurity, compared to a group with consistent participation in SNAP. Reduced benefits were associated with 1.43 and 1.22 times greater odds of fair or poor caregiver and child health, respectively. Policy modifications to smooth changes in benefit levels as work incomes improve may protect working families with young children from increased food insecurity, poor health, and forgone care.
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- Title
- Loss Of SNAP Is Associated With Food Insecurity And Poor Health In Working Families With Young Children
- Creators
- Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba - Boston UniversityMariana Chilton - Drexel UniversityAllison Bovell-Ammon - Allison Bovell-Ammon is deputy director of policy strategy at Children’s HealthWatch in the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, in Massachusetts.Molly Knowles - University of PennsylvaniaSharon M. Coleman - Boston UniversityMaureen M. Black - RTI InternationalJohn T. Cook - Boston Univ, Sch Med, Pediat, Boston, MA 02118 USADiana Becker Cutts - Hennepin County Medical CenterPatrick H. Casey - University of Arkansas at FayettevilleTimothy C. Heeren - Boston UniversityDeborah A. Frank - Boston University
- Publication Details
- Health affairs (Millwood, Va.), v 38(5), pp 765-773
- Publisher
- Project Hope
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000466974600009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85065651171
- Other Identifier
- 991019169130204721
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