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Investigating the Feasibility of a Restaurant Delivery Service to Improve Food Security among College Students Experiencing Marginal Food Security, a Head-to-Head Trial with Grocery Store Gift Cards

Restaurant delivery services have gained in popularity among college students; however, students participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are not allowed to redeem their benefits via restaurant delivery services. This mixed-methods head-to-head crossover trial assessed w...

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Autores principales: Gamba, Ryan J., Wood, Lana Mariko, Ampil, Adianez, Engelman, Alina, Lam, Juleen, Schmeltz, Michael T., Pritchard, Maria M., Santillan, Joshua Kier Adrian, Rivera, Esteban S., Ortiz, Nancy, Ingram, Darice, Cheyne, Kate, Taylor, Sarah
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574607
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189680
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author Gamba, Ryan J.
Wood, Lana Mariko
Ampil, Adianez
Engelman, Alina
Lam, Juleen
Schmeltz, Michael T.
Pritchard, Maria M.
Santillan, Joshua Kier Adrian
Rivera, Esteban S.
Ortiz, Nancy
Ingram, Darice
Cheyne, Kate
Taylor, Sarah
author_facet Gamba, Ryan J.
Wood, Lana Mariko
Ampil, Adianez
Engelman, Alina
Lam, Juleen
Schmeltz, Michael T.
Pritchard, Maria M.
Santillan, Joshua Kier Adrian
Rivera, Esteban S.
Ortiz, Nancy
Ingram, Darice
Cheyne, Kate
Taylor, Sarah
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description Restaurant delivery services have gained in popularity among college students; however, students participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are not allowed to redeem their benefits via restaurant delivery services. This mixed-methods head-to-head crossover trial assessed whether college students experiencing marginal food security prefer benefits via a grocery store gift card (as a proxy for traditional SNAP benefits) or via a restaurant delivery service gift card of equivalent value, and which type of benefit is more effective at improving food security status. Thirty college students experiencing marginal food security were recruited to receive $80 in cash equivalent benefits to spend over a two-month period in the form of grocery store gift cards and restaurant delivery service gift cards. Participants completed surveys and interviews to measure their food security status and share their experiences with each benefit type. After four months of benefits, 48.3% of participants improved their food security status. However, neither type of benefit was statistically better at improving food security status. Most participants preferred grocery store benefits (89.7%) over restaurant delivery service benefits (10.3%). However, more research is needed to explore whether allowing SNAP recipients to redeem their benefits with restaurant delivery services is a viable mechanism to address food challenges among college students experiencing marginal food security.
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spelling pubmed-84653852021-09-27 Investigating the Feasibility of a Restaurant Delivery Service to Improve Food Security among College Students Experiencing Marginal Food Security, a Head-to-Head Trial with Grocery Store Gift Cards Gamba, Ryan J. Wood, Lana Mariko Ampil, Adianez Engelman, Alina Lam, Juleen Schmeltz, Michael T. Pritchard, Maria M. Santillan, Joshua Kier Adrian Rivera, Esteban S. Ortiz, Nancy Ingram, Darice Cheyne, Kate Taylor, Sarah Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Restaurant delivery services have gained in popularity among college students; however, students participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are not allowed to redeem their benefits via restaurant delivery services. This mixed-methods head-to-head crossover trial assessed whether college students experiencing marginal food security prefer benefits via a grocery store gift card (as a proxy for traditional SNAP benefits) or via a restaurant delivery service gift card of equivalent value, and which type of benefit is more effective at improving food security status. Thirty college students experiencing marginal food security were recruited to receive $80 in cash equivalent benefits to spend over a two-month period in the form of grocery store gift cards and restaurant delivery service gift cards. Participants completed surveys and interviews to measure their food security status and share their experiences with each benefit type. After four months of benefits, 48.3% of participants improved their food security status. However, neither type of benefit was statistically better at improving food security status. Most participants preferred grocery store benefits (89.7%) over restaurant delivery service benefits (10.3%). However, more research is needed to explore whether allowing SNAP recipients to redeem their benefits with restaurant delivery services is a viable mechanism to address food challenges among college students experiencing marginal food security. MDPI 2021-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8465385/ /pubmed/34574607 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189680 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Santillan, Joshua Kier Adrian
Rivera, Esteban S.
Ortiz, Nancy
Ingram, Darice
Cheyne, Kate
Taylor, Sarah
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title_fullStr Investigating the Feasibility of a Restaurant Delivery Service to Improve Food Security among College Students Experiencing Marginal Food Security, a Head-to-Head Trial with Grocery Store Gift Cards
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Feasibility of a Restaurant Delivery Service to Improve Food Security among College Students Experiencing Marginal Food Security, a Head-to-Head Trial with Grocery Store Gift Cards
title_short Investigating the Feasibility of a Restaurant Delivery Service to Improve Food Security among College Students Experiencing Marginal Food Security, a Head-to-Head Trial with Grocery Store Gift Cards
title_sort investigating the feasibility of a restaurant delivery service to improve food security among college students experiencing marginal food security, a head-to-head trial with grocery store gift cards
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574607
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189680
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