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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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Article 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 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 | 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 | 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_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 |
topic | Article |
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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