An Assessment of Perceived Barriers to Farmers' Market Access.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) stakeholders (individuals involved in work to increase access to farmers' markets [FMs] for low-income populations) perceive the same barriers to shopping at FMs as those reported by SNAP participants in Washington State.

Design

Descriptive study; data included a stratified clustered random sample of SNAP participants and stakeholder interviews.

Setting

Washington State.

Participants

A total of 400 SNAP participants and 51 SNAP-Ed stakeholders.

Main outcome measures

The SNAP participants' reported barriers to accessing FMs and the SNAP-Ed stakeholders' perceptions of FM access barriers.

Analysis

Thematic content analysis, descriptive statistics, 2-sample tes

SUBMITTER: Ritter G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7416758 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature