Food and financial coping strategies during the monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cycle.

ABSTRACT: One in seven Americans participates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), making it the largest federally funded food assistance program. SNAP benefits are distributed once per month and both food spending and calorie consumption tend to decrease as time from benefit distribution increases. The monthly SNAP benefit cycle has serious implications for the health and financial stability of low-income families, a growing number of whom rely on SNAP as their sole source of income. Relatively little is known about the specific coping strategies households use to manage the SNAP cycle. The purpose of this study is to provide a critical exploration of the nature and timing of coping strategies for managing the SNAP cycle, including implications these coping mechanisms have for h

SUBMITTER: Kinsey EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6468142 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature