Accessibility of summer meals and the food insecurity of low-income households with children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Almost no previous research has examined the impact of the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Summer Food Service Program and related Seamless Summer Option, which provide meals and snacks to low-income children over the summer. The present study investigated whether geographic accessibility of summer meals programme sites (a proxy for programme participation) was associated with food insecurity for low-income households.

Design

The study used data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and administrative data on summer meals sites in California. Geocoding was used to calculate driving time between CHIS households and nearby summer meals sites. Geographic accessibility was measured using a gravity model, which accounted for the spatially distributed

SUBMITTER: Miller DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10270932 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature