The role of SNAP and WIC participation and racialized legal status in U.S. farmworker health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Policies that restrict access to and use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) by legal status may disproportionately disadvantage particular racial and ethnic groups. While immigrant legal status, race, and ethnicity are recognized as independent social determinants of health, studies examining the extent to which legal status structures racial and ethnic health disparities are limited. Research is needed to identify factors that mitigate disparate health outcomes, such as SNAP and WIC.

Methods

Cross-sectional data from the 2009/2010 National Agricultural Workers Survey (N = 3,961) were analyzed. Chi-square tests and logistic regressions examined associa

SUBMITTER: Rockler BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9385050 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature