Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study explored programme recipients' and deliverers' experiences and perceived outcomes of accessing or facilitating a grocery gift card (GGC) programme from I Can for Kids (iCAN), a community-based programme that provides GGC to low-income families with children.

Design

This qualitative descriptive study used Freedman et al's framework of nutritious food access to guide data generation and analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between August and November 2020. Data were analysed using directed content analysis with a deductive-inductive approach.

Participants

Fifty-four participants were purposively recruited, including thirty-seven programme recipients who accessed iCAN's GGC programme and seventeen programme deliverers who facilitated i

SUBMITTER: Lee YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641610 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature