A realist review to explore how low-income pregnant women use food vouchers from the UK's Healthy Start programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore how low-income pregnant women use Healthy Start food vouchers, the potential impacts of the programme, and which women might experience these impacts and why.

Design

A realist review.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Primary or empirical studies (of any design) were included if they contributed relevant evidence or insights about how low-income women use food vouchers from the Healthy Start (UK) or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programmes. The assessment of 'relevance' was deliberately broad to ensure that reviewers remained open to new ideas from a variety of sources of evidence.

Analysis

A combination of evidence synthesis and realist analysis techniques was used to modify, ref

SUBMITTER: Ohly H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5594208 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature